The number of school nurses and health visitors undertaking degrees thatenable them to register with the Nursing & Midwifery Council hasdrastically reduced during the past year and this trend is set tocontinue.
We recognise there is a financial crisis, but raiding education andtraining budgets and cutting health visitor and school nursing posts tooffset debts is not a solution.
The Government's agenda on health is far-reaching and has clearobjectives in relation to meeting health targets on reducing obesity,teenage pregnancies, health inequalities and restructuring services inrelation to Every Child Matters. However, if the current situationpersists there will be few qualified school nurses and health visitorsleft to do any of this essential work.
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