Written Question · S2W-24027 · Session 2
Which of the recommendations contained in Nursing for Health: A review of the contribution of nurses, midwives and health visitors to impro…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive which of the recommendations contained in Nursing for Health: A review of the contribution of nurses, midwives and health visitors to improving the public’s health in Scotland concerning school nursing have been implemented.
The answer
All of the recommendations inNursing for Health: A review of the contributionof nurses, midwives and health visitors to improving the public’s health in Scotlandconcerning school nursing have been implemented in whole or in part. Progress inrelation to each recommendation is outlined in the following table.
Nursing for Health Recommendations Regarding School Nurses
| Progress of Implementation as at March 2006
1. Health Boards should ensure that school nursing services are part of Primary Care Trusts and play a full role in the work of Local Health Care Co-operatives (LHCCs).
| In many NHS Boards, school nursing services are managed by Primary Care Divisions. Public Health Nurse and Practitioner roles are well established in all LHCCs.
2. The Scottish Executive will invest in the education of the existing school nurse workforce to ensure that team leaders have educational and grading parity with existing health visitor colleagues.
| The Scottish Executive Health Department provided funding for education of school nurses. Not all NHS Boards have yet achieved grading parity with existing health visitor colleagues.
3. The Scottish Executive will commission the training of an additional 60 health visitors and support 30 existing school nurses to achieve specialist practice qualifications in the short term.
| Funding was given by The Scottish Executive Health Department to Primary Care Divisions to commission training in the new Public Health Nursing course which is available to both Health Visitors and School Nurses.
4. The Scottish Executive will develop a new public health nurse education programme which will bring together the existing specialisms of health visiting and school nursing.
| This has been implemented
5. The Scottish Executive will lead the development and implementation of a new model of public health practice within schools. Significant investment will be made in education and preparing the new public health nurses to fulfil this role.
| Public Health Nurses are a key part of the public health workforce. They provide a local leadership role for public health practice.
6. NHS Boards should ensure that school health services are fully integrated with LHCCs and work closely with schools and other key local agencies.
| Public Health Nurses and Practitioners are well established in LHCCs providing a local leadership role for public health practice.
7. NHS Boards should review the resourcing of local school health services to ensure that they can develop to meet local need.
| Following the publication of A Framework for Nursing in Schools, many NHS Boards have reviewed the resourcing of the school health service.
8. Community Psychiatric Nurses working in child and adolescent mental health should provide support and consultancy to schools and the school health service on dealing with minor mental health issues.
| Many Community Psychiatric Nurses working in child and adolescent mental health provide support to the school health service on minor mental health issues.
Nursing for Health Recommendations Regarding School Nurses
| Progress of Implementation as at March 2006
1. Health Boards should ensure that school nursing services are part of Primary Care Trusts and play a full role in the work of Local Health Care Co-operatives (LHCCs).
| In many NHS Boards, school nursing services are managed by Primary Care Divisions. Public Health Nurse and Practitioner roles are well established in all LHCCs.
2. The Scottish Executive will invest in the education of the existing school nurse workforce to ensure that team leaders have educational and grading parity with existing health visitor colleagues.
| The Scottish Executive Health Department provided funding for education of school nurses. Not all NHS Boards have yet achieved grading parity with existing health visitor colleagues.
3. The Scottish Executive will commission the training of an additional 60 health visitors and support 30 existing school nurses to achieve specialist practice qualifications in the short term.
| Funding was given by The Scottish Executive Health Department to Primary Care Divisions to commission training in the new Public Health Nursing course which is available to both Health Visitors and School Nurses.
4. The Scottish Executive will develop a new public health nurse education programme which will bring together the existing specialisms of health visiting and school nursing.
| This has been implemented
5. The Scottish Executive will lead the development and implementation of a new model of public health practice within schools. Significant investment will be made in education and preparing the new public health nurses to fulfil this role.
| Public Health Nurses are a key part of the public health workforce. They provide a local leadership role for public health practice.
6. NHS Boards should ensure that school health services are fully integrated with LHCCs and work closely with schools and other key local agencies.
| Public Health Nurses and Practitioners are well established in LHCCs providing a local leadership role for public health practice.
7. NHS Boards should review the resourcing of local school health services to ensure that they can develop to meet local need.
| Following the publication of A Framework for Nursing in Schools, many NHS Boards have reviewed the resourcing of the school health service.
8. Community Psychiatric Nurses working in child and adolescent mental health should provide support and consultancy to schools and the school health service on dealing with minor mental health issues.
| Many Community Psychiatric Nurses working in child and adolescent mental health provide support to the school health service on minor mental health issues.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-24027 by reference.