This section of the site is dedicated to health visiting, giving a description of its role and health visiting services such as what health visitors do, their role, and the issues they deal with. It also provides useful information about child health and how to deal with issues such as headlice, immunisation, pregnancy care, women and men's health issues, facts on bereavement, a booklist and links to other sites. It also gives facts and services about the surgery itself. Provided by Yahoo Groups. A product library is also available.
Information is available on what health visiting is, what it involves, and routes to joining.
A case study is also provided. It concerns the funding for free nursing care and continence products for self funding residents of care homes. In addition to an overview of new regulations, it includes, flow charts, examples of documentation and case studies and examples. It has been produced by the Health and Social Care Joint Unit, which is working within both the NHS Executive and Social Care Group. It is available in PDF, which requires Adobe Acrobat.