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<p>The Government is committed to achieving good health outcomes for children and
young people. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning appropriate services
for 0-19 year olds in their areas, including health visiting and school nursing. Public
Health England monitors a range of health outcomes for children, provided by Local
authorities, including the health visiting services’ high impact actions, such as
reducing smoking in pregnancy and managing a healthy weight in 4-5 year olds. The
majority of these show a steady state of improvement[1].</p><p> </p><p>Whilst no similar
collection of data is made for school nursing services, and therefore no assessment
has been made, school nurses are key providers of both the National Child Measurement
Programme and childhood immunisations, both of which show significant uptake rates[2].</p><p>
</p><p>Both the Health Visitor Programme and School Nurse Programme, which concluded
in 2015, introduced new service models for both professions to help develop improved
access, user experience and outcomes, as well as reducing health inequalities. The
Health Visitor programme also saw the workforce increase considerably enabling more
families to be reached. Both professional groups indicate the service models have
provided increased awareness of the service by users and a better structured delivery.</p><p>
</p><p>[1] Chimat Early Years Profiles</p><p><a href="http://atlas.chimat.org.uk/IAS/dataviews/report/fullpage?viewId=433&reportId=482&geoId=17&geoReportId=4494&select=EN"
target="_blank">http://atlas.chimat.org.uk/IAS/dataviews/report/fullpage?viewId=433&reportId=482&geoId=17&geoReportId=4494&select=EN</a></p><p>[2]
National Child Measurement Programme <a href="https://www.noo.org.uk/NCMP" target="_blank">https://www.noo.org.uk/NCMP</a></p>
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