Reversing the decline in child health services
This year’s CPHVA conference in October saw two Cabinet ministers publicly supporting the universal health visiting service and an increase in health visitor and school nurse numbers to fulfil the Healthy Child programme. This, plus the launch of a vigorous action document on health visiting, suggest that we may be about to see a reversal of the decline in preventive child health services, says Pat Scowen

Baby P: déjà vu or distinctive?
As with Victoria Climbié, the case of Baby P triggered widespread outrage and has shaken up the child protection system in England. But, as Bernice de Braal explains, it differs from previous cases and is unique in several key ways

The National Programme for IT: will it be good for children?
Dr David Low, National Clinical Lead for Paediatrics and Child Health, explains how a common core content for electronic national child health records can improve the sharing of information

Focus on infant infections.
Prevention and management of gastrointestinal infections in infants from a nutritional perspective
Dr Edward Purssell reviews recent guidance on gastrointestinal infections and discusses the role of nutrition

Making sexual health more accessible
Enquires to the sexual health charity fpa show the difficulties people still have in finding good, accessible information on sexual health and sexual health services. Lynn Hearton discusses sexual health and the resources fpa provides

Learning Curve study day for midwives: part 2
Linda Edmondson’s report concludes with two further topics from the Learning Curve study day: antenatal and postnatal mental health problems, and prebiotics, probiotics and the infant’s immune system

Interpreting and using the new UK-WHO Growth Standards
Several issues around the new Growth Standards were discussed at a recent series of seminars and workshops, including the need for professionals to communicate to parents why being “big” is not necessarily healthy for the baby. Linda Edmondson reports

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