Ann Keen stresses importance of Child Health Promotion Programme in children’s health
March 20, 2008
Health Minister, Ann Keen, is calling upon Health Commissioners to make the updated Child Health Promotion Programme a priority in their local area, asserting that the initiative could be a useful tool in meeting local obligations on breast feeding, obesity prevention and infant mortality. The aim of the scheme, included in the Children’s Plan announced last December, is to provide tailored services to the individual needs of children and families, as well as acting as a best practice guide for health and social services. The programme also places greater emphasis on promoting the health and wellbeing of children early, and encourages partnership working between different agencies on local service development.
Entry Filed under: Babyfeeding, Early parenthood, England, Parliamentary update. Tags: Ann Keen, Breastfeeding, child health, Childrens Plan, NCT, obesity.
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Carole Russell | August 20, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Ann Keen how can you show you are interested in child health when in the past 3 years Paediatric Diabetic Nursing Specialist’s have been having their hours cut to part time or the job lost completely, when every week in this country more and more children are becoming diabetic. Most clinics are being run by unqualified nursing staff. This is disgraceful when Diabetes is becoming almost an epedemic. We need more qualified staff not less. The Adult diabetes care in Thanet is disgraceful the childrens diabetic care in Sidcup London is in a dangerous and precarious state.
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Carole Russell | August 20, 2008 at 4:31 pm
We need more staff for the diabetic clinics allm over the country and parents made more aware of the dangers of not keeping their child stabilized, this can only be acheived if regular blood tests are taken, insulin adjusted to the blood results, careful diet and regular exercises. No smoking No alcohol. But children have to be taught from an early age and not allowed to get into bad habits with their food.
We need your help not hindrance.