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We hope you can join us at this year’s iHV Leadership Conference.

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November 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Just one week to go until our Week of #HealthVisitingSEND26, taking place from 16-20 Nov! This dedicated week will shine a spotlight on the vital role that #HealthVisiting plays in supporting babies, children and families with SEND.
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November 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM
The Institute of Health Visiting is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 SCPHN Student Health Visitor Award and the SCPHN Lecturer Award!
Huge congratulations to all of our winners! Read more about them here:
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November 9, 2026 at 4:47 PM
This time last week we celebrated our win at the Nursing Times Awards for our ground-breaking work, "Bringing Fathers' Mental Health into Focus". We feel very proud!

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#HealthVisiting #NTAwards #NursingTimesAwards
November 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM
iHV has launched a powerful new animation, Promoting Care Across Cultures, designed to raise awareness of the inequalities experienced by Black women and their babies and inspire action across health and care services.

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November 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
We are delighted that our Innovation and Research team has been named Winner of the Public Health Nursing Award at the Nursing Times Awards 2026 celebration last night, for our groundbreaking work, "Bringing Fathers' Mental Health into Focus".
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#NTAwards
October 30, 2026 at 2:15 PM
📣 Calling all iHV members!
The October issue of iHV Times is out today!
Full of #HealthVisiting professional news and the latest updates from iHV - it's a great read!
Don't miss it - please check your emails!
If not, please contact us at admin@ihv.org.uk
October 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Huge congratulations to the team on this well-deserved achievement. We wish them every success at the awards ceremony and hope their outstanding work receives the recognition it so richly deserves.

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#HealthVisiting
Supporting the Preceptorship Journey from New Start SCPHN Health Visitor to Autonomous Practitioner: The Learning Never Ends
Friday, 30 October 2026
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October 30, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Could you make a difference as an iHV Leadership Mentor?
We are inviting experienced health visitors and school nurses to become Leadership Mentors for our popular Leading Excellence in Practice Programme.

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#SchoolNurses
October 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Join iHV's Week of Health Visiting and #SEND, taking place from 16-20 NOV.

This dedicated week will shine a spotlight on the vital role that #HealthVisiting plays in supporting babies, children and families with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
#HealthVisitingSEND26
October 29, 2026 at 9:25 AM
We hope you will join us on 2 December for what promises to be an informative and thought-provoking day - learn, connect, be inspired and have your voice heard.

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#HealthVisiting
October 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM
October 23, 2026 at 3:05 PM
This report recognises that giving every child the best start in life is not just an education challenge, it is a health challenge too.

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October 21, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Join us on Wednesday 11 November, 9:30-11:30am, for our Research Network Dragon's Den event to help members develop and strengthen potential research ideas relevant to health visiting practice.

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#HealthVisiting
October 20, 2026 at 2:57 PM
As health visitor numbers drop by 41% in a decade, Institute of Health Visiting’s Eileen Perrins talks about unsafe caseloads and postcode lotteries in care.

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Health visitors are vital – but the profession has been decimated
As health visitor numbers drop by 41% in a decade, Institute of Health Visiting’s Eileen Perrins talks about unsafe caseloads and postcode lotteries in care.
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October 20, 2026 at 5:51 AM
October 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
We are delighted to share this Voices blog by iHV Fellow, Bridget Halnan, Senior Lecturer on the SCPHN Programme at Anglia Ruskin University, on new concerns about the safety of imported eggs and the key messages for health visiting.
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#HealthVisiting
October 6, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Should we ban screen use for under-5s? Or just ignore the problem as screen use is such a big part of modern life? Is there another way?

Join us on Thurs 22 Oct 2026 for this iHV Insights webinar, as we explore Screen Use in the Early Years buff.ly/UPJE1Y3

#HealthVisiting #EarlyChildhood
October 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The government has announced plans to expand health visiting and midwifery support in family hubs across all local authorities by 2028.

#HealthVisitors #SureStart #HealthVisiting

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Expanded health visiting support to be rolled out across 1,000 family hubs
The government has announced plans to expand health visiting and midwifery support in family hubs across all local authorities by 2028.
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October 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
No Sure Start without health visitors, leaders warn

Plans to boost early years support will fail without investment in more health visitors, nursing leaders have warned in response to pledges by the government. #nurses #healthvisiting #healthvisitors #surestart

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No Sure Start without health visitors, leaders warn
Read the response by nursing leaders to plans by Yvette Cooper to effectively reintroduce the Sure Start early years programme.
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October 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Join us at our next iHV SCPHN Student Health Visitor Networking Event on 7 October 2026 'Connecting Voices, Shaping Practice'.
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Join us, connect with peers, and ensure your voice contributes to shaping the future of our wonderful profession.

#HealthVisiting
September 29, 2026 at 12:09 PM

The iHV is calling on the Government to avoid any further delays and publish its plan to rebuild health visiting services in England.

#LabourConference #HealthVisiting #HealthVisitingWorkforce #EarlyYears #SaferStaffing
September 25, 2026 at 5:23 PM
📣 iHV members - book your place now for our next Insights webinar on 22 October 'Screen Use in the Early Years'.
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#HealthVisiting
September 25, 2026 at 3:39 PM
September 24, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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#HealthVisiting #HealthVisitingJobs #HVJobs
September 18, 2026 at 8:30 AM