Health Care Professionals Supporting

Children, Young People Families and

Communities

Prevent Protect Promote

“All O R Child Health”

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All health care professionals are a vital resource for health

Working with children, families and communities for our healthy

society now and in the future

Preventing illness, protecting health and promoting well being

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Health care professionals (HCPs)

working in the community to improve

access experience and outcomes for

children young people and families

All

O R

Health

Midwives

and health

visitors

supporting a

breastfed

generationSpeech and

language

therapists

leading early

interventions

for language

delay, to give

children the

best start in

life

School nurse

protecting

children and

the population

through

immunisations

Orthoptist-

led vision

screening

identifying

and treating

eye defects

in children,

increasing

their ability

to engage in

social and

educational

activities

Occupational Therapists supporting

children with severe developmental

delays to learn basic tasks

Art Therapists supporting children after a

traumatic experience to express their

feelings and develop coping

mechanisms

Practice Nurse

providing

immunisationMidwife running a

baby clinic

Pharmacist reviewing

medicines and supporting self-

care and promoting healthy

lifestyles

Health Visitor

working with GP to

support children

with complex

needs

HCPs providing ‘child first

services’ and advising on accident

prevention and managing minor

illness

Health Visitors

delivering the

HV456 model

Pharmacy health

champion

promoting health

and wellbeing

messages

Pharmacist

discussing

lifestyle

changes for

people on

medicines to

treat diabetes

Health care

professionals working

with local people and

partners and on wider

determinants of health

Health and well being

opportunities

Health promoting

environments

And contributing to

reduction in inequalities

All

O R

Health

Maximising HCPs expertise to effect the wider determinants of health

• Working with local authorities to develop health promoting

environments

• Advising commissioning through local knowledge and service

evidence

• Leading healthy child and other public health programmes

• Increasing focus on preventative health care in all interactions

Designing and delivering ‘transformed’ services

• Developing children’s centres as a communication promoting

environment, reducing inequalities in language development at

age 5 years

• Developing use of digital technology to communicate with young

people at a place and time to suit them

• Hospitals promoting a healthy workforce, health promoting practice

and links to healthy communities to improve outcomes and reduce

inequalities

“All O ❤R Child Health” new opportunities

HCPs and Sport Coaches promoting

physical activity in teenage years

Health Visitor and

School Nurse advice to

commissioning Healthy

Child programme

Dieticians working with local

councillors and planners on food

outlets - healthier choices

Using asset based community

development approaches to build

sustainable change for families within

their communities.

Communities of Opportunity

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“All O R Child Health”

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