School and Public Health Nurses Association (SAPHNA)

The global outcry following the death of George Floyd alongside the emerging glaring health inequalities for our BAME colleagues, clients and friends during COVID 19, has and must, give us...

#COVIDSafeguarding is so humbled to support the attached brief guidance for safe enquiry about domestic abuse in ‘virtual’ health settings

I was honoured (and scared when I knew 820 folks were in attendance), to present as part of NHSE Safeguarding fabulous fortnight and am grateful to Kenny Gibson, Head of...

From all of us at the National Safeguarding Team, we would like to thank you all for taking part in our Fabulous Fortnight. All recordings have been uploaded to the...

Webinar – Monday 20th July 2020, 12pm – 1pm In this webinar, Caroline Palmer and Julie Jones from the ChatHealth team at Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust discuss how school nursing...

University of Birmingham are exploring how the Covid-19 (lockdown) restrictions affect lives of older children, particularly how they have influenced learning, eating, physical and other activities and wellbeing They will be...

Dear All, We have been awarded a small COVID 19 grant from the wonderful Burdett Trust for Nursing; this to provide FREE training to 2,000 of the School Nursing workforce...

Leeds Beckett University has partnered up with University College London, Leeds University and Public Health England to understand the impact of COVID-19 weight management practice

Nurses at Childhood Imms nurses have been thinking of ways to support children & young people with learning disabilities. So they’ve made some videos to be shared with special schools...

It’s Learning Disability Week and with some changes to the PPE we’ll be using, our nurses have been thinking of ways to support our children & young people with learning...

A health and wellbeing curricular resource for upper primary | Learning resources |National Improvement Hub Click here to find out more

Please click on the link to find out more FUTURELEARN – Psychological First Aid Training Course

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Next SAPHNA webinar open to all – July 13th at 13:00 Where we will explore the School health service role in supporting back to school Please contact us at info@saphna.co...

SAPHNA are delighted to be a part of the call to our Government for a Resilience Task Force. It is only with full Governmental support and investment that our children,...

SAVE THE DATES! We want you to join us for our Safeguarding Fabulous Fortnight This is our time to be brave and be bold NHS Safeguarding are delighted to invite...

The RCN COVID-19 clinical pages include specific COVID-19 information for a range of settings and are designed to be applicable to all nursing and midwifery staff and RCN members, including...

Dear colleagues, our wonderful colleagues at Growing against violence have produced the following fabulous resources to support your critical safeguarding works Introduction to the four films and channel. This provides...

Thank you all for the exemplary leadership you are demonstrating in your rapid, adaptable, innovative and compassionate practice, particularly during COVID 19. As you know, SAPHNA work tirelessly to ensure...

To support school staff, parents and carers during this period of uncertainty and disruption, each fortnight  Mentally Healthy Schools is producing a toolkit of quality-assured, free resources from across the...

A toolkit for meeting the emotional challenge Click here Oxfordshire Hospital School

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our respected colleague, Judith Nembhard. She was a close colleague of SAPHNA’s SallyAnn Sutton, who remembers her here: ‘Judith...

This Members only webinar will focus on What post-Covid School nursing models of practice might we take forward to improve and adapt our service offer to better meet the emerging...

SAPHNA are delighted to be working more closely with our Scottish colleagues through sharing and learning. Find out more regarding their School and Public Health Nursing services here

SAPHNA are both honored and delighted to form a more formal partnership with the amazing Pooky Knightsmith and her recently re-launched family business, Creative education https://elearning.creativeeducation.co.uk/. Here she offers a...

COVID 19 School nurses rising above and beyond the challenges through tech!

Domestic Abuse Victims #YouAreNotAlone Domestic abuse victims – there is now a freephone, 24 hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline number: 0808 2000 247 #YouAreNotAlone campaign assets can be accessed here

A tool that provides data on protected vulnerable children for the NHS and local authorities is being broadened to include school nurses and health visitors Read more here at NHS...

Siobhan – Beam Project, will be running two FREE 30min webinars on responding to child sexual abuse at work. 11am on 21st April – register here 7pm on 23rd April...

Attachment & Trauma Informed Communities

There are some simple things you can do to help you take care of your mental health and wellbeing during times of uncertainty. Doing so will help you think clearly,...

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We’ve never met in person but through the power of social media and a few rushed calls, it was affirming and empowering to finally connect with Caroline Flynn, safeguarding expert...

Covid-19 Resources for Children & Young People All AYPH staff are working remotely and finding new and innovative ways to maintain contact with each other, partners and the young people...

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Monkey Wellbeing – Resources for the NHS – leaflets/posters for children

In response to the rapidly evolving challenges posed by COVID-19, we are providing free access to our most relevant CPD online courses to update and refresh clinical knowledge for those...

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There is no hiding this. For people with eating disorders this uncertainty is going to be hard. And to be honest I am slightly nervous about it too. When we...

For the latest news and updates from NHS England and NHS Improvement please visit: https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/ For health information and advice please visit: https://111.nhs.uk/covid-19 To learn about the government response please...

For regular updates on all COVID19 resources please visit FutureNHS

For more information about the programme, which is free for the health and care workforce to access without the need to register, visit www.e-lfh.org.uk/coronavirus

This very workforce is responding, as always, to the huge public health threat of coronavirus. Most services are proactively educating schools populations up and down the country in hand and...