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SAPHNA webinar – book your free ticket!

Supporting and celebrating nurses working in independent settings with school aged children and young people This webinar will take place via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 5th May 2021 at 12:00…

Missing Exploited Children During Covid19 Lockdown

Tiny medical apps/Digital passport

Digital health passport launched to empower young people to take control of health conditions: Digital Health Passport

Ministers still ‘considering’ nurse leadership plan for new public health system | Nursing Times

New Inclusion Health session added to All Our Health programme

SAPHNA is delighted to work with Public Health England and Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare to support the All Our Health programme.  Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE…

RCN call for a school nurse in every school

SAPHNA support the RCN and College of Medicine’s call for a School nurse in every school. We have already secured the support of the two largest school unions, NAHT and…

RCN Nursing Awards 2021 open for entries: who will be named nurse of the year?

The UK’s most prestigious nursing awards have opened for entries, with honours including the RCN Nurse of the Year 2021 title.

All Our Health launches interactive townscape on childhood obesity

Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare (HEE e-LfH) has worked in partnership with Public Health England (PHE) to develop an interactive townscape on childhood obesity as part of the All…

Nursing and education leaders rally behind call for nurse in every school

Sharon White OBE, our CEO, expresses her views as Nursing and education leaders rally behind call for nurse in every school

The College of Medicine manifesto: Hope for the Future, our ten-year plan – College of Medicine and Integrated Health

The College of Medicine’s new manifesto, Hope for the Future, is our vision for better healthcare in the next decade….

Compass Positive Effect – Digital training offer

Compass Positive Effect in partnership with the School and Public Health Nurses Association, are delighted to launch their digital Health and wellbeing training offer. This is suitable for schools, school…

PHE: Vaccination social cards

to promote the routine childhood vaccination programme and need for parents to make sure children are up to date COVID-19 Promoting immunisation social media cards view all cards by clicking…

The Good Grief Trust: Invitation to our Good Grief Bereavement Support Seminars

Visit website JOIN OUR BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT INFORMATION SEMINARSMARCH 25TH – 12 -1PM  & 6-7PM Come and learn more – please use the links below to register: March 25th at 12pm Register in…

Building back better: nurses leading our approach to preventing, promoting and protecting All Our Health | British Journal of Nursing

SAPHNA Webinar – The childhood immunisation programme and the impact of COVID 19

March 24th 2021 13:00 – 14:00 – Microsoft Teams Please join us for our second dedicated webinar to explore, discuss, share and learn of the impact of COVID19 on the…

SAPHNA Webinar HOLD THE DATE!

Next SAPHNA webinar: School Nurses working Independently – 5th May – midday Further details and booking information coming soon.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING – NURSING TIMES AWARDS

27 October 2021 | Grosvenor House Hotel, London This new award has been introduced this year to recognise the important role that the nursing profession plays in promoting and protecting…

Paediatric Continence Forum (CPF) meeting minutes

Please see attached minutes of PCF’s last quarterly meeting

SAPHNA Newsletter – Spring 2021

If you are not a member, or have an expired membership, then please register to see this content. Alternatively, if you have a current membership, then please login to your…

NHS Safeguarding – Think Family week

As part of SAPHNA’s partnership working with NHSE Safeguarding, we continue to highlight the immense pressure, limited resources and exhaustion of the school and public health nursing workforce regarding safeguarding…

Back to school – mental health resources

Our Time launches COVID recovery PSHE modules

Our Time is providing a free one-hour, online teacher training video and PSHE modules to support students’ mental health and well-being as part of the post COVID-19 recovery curriculum. Register for…

Sharon White writes for Nursing in Practice

Sadly child abuse cases have increased – but school nurses have risen to the challenge Sharon Whitechief executive of the School and Public Health Nurses Association (SAPHNA)16 Feb 2021

‘New to school nursing during COVID19’ webinar recording

This webinar took place 10th February 2021. Thank you to everyone who joined us

Free webinar with Professor Mark Hayter

Turning your thesis or dissertation into a publication; tips for success Join us for this fantastic seminar led by Mark Hayter, Professor of Nursing and Editor-in-Chief Journal of Clinical Nursing…

SAPHNA ‘Bite-sized’ Annual Conference

School and Public Health Nursing; Making the impossible possible for our children and young peoples’ health This event is delivered via pre-recorded bite-sized self-directed virtual learning What you get: A full…

FOUR NATIONS WEBINAR SERIES 2021

National Four Nations Webinar Series: “Public Health Approaches in Policing and Serious Violence Across the UK: The Learning So Far” Tickets to these webinars are free, but spaces are limited.

‘Health for’ website sessions

Virtual tour of the ‘Health for’ website – Join the digital health journey You’re invited to the first of a series of virtual tours of the ‘Health for’ websites, hosted…

An unlikely Nightingale; writing and nursing.

Immunisation Campaigns Automated in Lewisham | SchoolScreener Imms

OFFICIAL: Professional Organisation during COVID

Update from PHE’s Deputy Chief Nurse Children, Young People & Families Position statement regarding daily contact testing in schools from PHE and NHS Test and Trace Read the statement

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