0-19 Years Public Health Nursing Service on the Isle of Wight

Tender description

This tender is for the provision of 0-19 Years Public Health Nursing Service on the Isle of Wight. The contract is to run from 1 April 2017 for a period of ONE year with the option to extend for a further period of up to twelve months at the sole discretion of the Authority. The 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service will combine the functions of the health visiting and school nursing services to create a team that will work together to deliver the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) for children young people and families that has a family centred approach and has a focus on prevention and early intervention that contributes to the improvement of children and young people’s health and a reduction in health inequalities. The 0-19 service will work across a number of stakeholders, settings and organisations to lead the delivery of the HCP. Keywords: 0-19, school nursing, public health, health visiting