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Publications and source records attributed to J Linney.
Interviews with GPs from 20 practices in West Surrey found little preparation to deliver on health promotion, as envisaged in The New NHS white paper. The GPs were uncertain of how to set about multi-agency working to improve the health of the local population. Knowledge of the services of the local health promotion department was patchy.
Health visitors have an important role in providing postnatal support to multiple-birth parents, write Jill Walton et al. Here they describe how a series of joint parent/professional seminars helped raise awareness among health visitors of the special needs of multiple-birth parents for services and support, and the importance of developing closer links with voluntary and self-help groups at local and national level.
The key role of the health visitor in supporting families with multiple births was highlighted in the recent OPCS study Three, four or more. JUDI LINNEY, president of the Twins and multiple births association (TAMBA), outlines the health visitor's role in these circumstances.
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