The UK National Screening Committee has updated its guidance and for the first time has put a strong emphasis on the use of IT systems.
When the government first announced plans to immunise all 12-15 year olds against COVID-19 by the autumn half term, many questioned if this was a realistic target. With many providers now struggling to meet this goal, we look at exactly what caused the delays & what providers can do to avoid these issue in the future.
Your needs assessment questionnaire design could be more important than you realise. Luckily, the SchoolScreener team are here to walk you through the A-Z of designing a health needs questionnaire.
In the first part of this series, we discussed what general considerations you’ll need to take into account when designing a questionnaire. But, optimal questionnaire
What can you do to ensure you’re taking action ‘to mitigate risks of poor outcomes’, and meeting PHE’s aims? And how can you utilise tools, like SchoolScreener, to best meet targets for modernisation and leaner working?
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No Child Left Behind England aims to identify, and target care for, the most vulnerable children in society.
Tragically, despite requiring the highest levels of care, these are often the children who slip through the net. So, there’s now more need than ever for providers to identify issues, and deliver required care, as efficiently as possible.
At their best, health needs assessments offer providers a quick, inexpensive, route to identifying the health, wellbeing, and social needs of children across the country. However, if managed poorly, needs assessments are yet another bureaucracy. They can easily become an additional administrative barrier to providers’ abilities to deliver on care plans.
Many expect Public Health England to expand the autumn flu campaign again this year – from 8 year groups in 20/21, to 12 in 21/22.
‘Re-starting the NCMP …’ was a post originally published on 31st October 2020. We’re re-publishing it now, to reflect the fact that owing to national
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