King's College London National Nursing Research Unit Policy+

Policy+ is a publication from the National Nursing Research Unit which aims to deliver brief overviews of evidence related to current policies affecting the nursing workforce in England, the wider United Kingdom and the rest of the world.  Its aim is to make research evidence more readily available in an easily digested format for policy makers; policy implementers; practitioners; and the general public.  Recent topics include:

Issue No 37:  Can health visiting make the difference expected?

Evidence suggests that the first few years of life is a critically important time that affects individuals’ future health and social wellbeing. The UK Government’s response to this evidence has been to plan to increase by 50% the size of the health visiting workforce (who provide much early years prevention) and to provide a new vision about how services should be delivered (Health Visitor Implementation Plan, Department of Health 2011-2015). The NNRU were asked to review the research evidence about the impact of health visiting practice on families.

This Policy+ looks at the findings of the review to address: can health visiting make the difference expected, and what does it take to get the most out of this workforce?.

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