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The ASQ:SE-2 e-learning tool developed by Health Education England, the Department of Health, e-Learning for Healthcare and the University of Hertfordshire is now available here:

http://cs1.e-learningforhealthcare.org.uk/public/ASQ/ASQ_01_003/d/ELFH_Session/9/session.html?lms=n#overview.html

Leadership for School Nurses:   Read More

Presentation to SAPHNA Conference by Pooky Knightsmith - Resilience - Ideas for School Nurses

Communigator offer different training sessions some of which are free to attend and you can simply pick a date from various options available and book on their website. For chargeable sessions, you can again click on a date and then request to attend a session.

The scope for all the guidelines for managing common infections is currently out for consultation. The draft scope and associated documents can be found here:

HTTPS://WWW.NICE.ORG.UK/GUIDANCE/INDEVELOPMENT/GID-NG10050/CONSULTATION/HTML-CONTENT.  If you would like to submit comments on the draft scope please complete and return the comments form which is available on the website. The consultation closes on 28 November 2016 at 5pm.

Sexting and Young People: The Parent's View has been published by the UKCCIS Evidence Group and is a summary of the key research findings from the NSPCC and FACTs International about sexting and young people, and the knowledge that parents have of this. The study aims to show how parents could be better supported to help their children understand the issues surrounding sexting. 

Girls’ wellbeing explored: understanding pressures and resilience.  Following its 2015 survey, Girl Guiding commissioned this qualitative research to hear more from girls themselves about their wellbeing and better understand, in their own words, the pressures they are facing.

Gender and children and young people’s emotional and mental health: manifestations and responses. A rapid review of the evidence This review explores the role of gender in children and young people’s emotional and mental health. It focuses on individuals’ coping strategies and help-seeking behaviours as well as the ways in which parents and carers, schools, and public services respond to children and young people’s behaviours and needs. The review is part of a project that aims to inform gender-responsive approaches to children and young people’s mental health.

https://www.ncb.org.uk/genderandmentalhealth

Changes in children’s body mass index between 2006/7 and 2014/15