Funding health visiting: time we had a rethink
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Funding health visiting: time we had a rethink

Karen Stansfield Head of department in education and quality, The Institute of Health Visiting

Confusion about the costs of apprenticeships and training is putting the future of health visiting at risk

The development of apprenticeship standards is a complex process. While it is expected that standards will be in place for specialist community public health nurses by September 2018, this is not guaranteed.

Primary Health Care. 27, 10, 19-19. doi: 10.7748/phc.27.10.19.s20

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