Promotion of Herts and West Essex Healthier Together website – tailored toolkit for HWE ICS

Background

The Healthier Together website was developed to provide parents with easily accessible information about common childhood illnesses including when and where to get help and to also offer support to healthcare professionals to make sure consistent messages are given to parents.

It includes close collaboration with professionals across health and social care (schools, local authorities, health visitors, school nurses, practice nurses, acute children’s community nurses, GPs, midwives, ambulance services and NHS 111).

As Spring arrives, the aim of this toolkit is to continue to remind parents about this valuable resource. There was an earlier version which included newsletters and social media appropriate to winter and has been updated to include more seasonal messages.

Key messages for parents

• It’s an online resource to help provide information to parents who have concerns about the health and wellbeing of their children

• Clear and trusted advice from local health care providers.

• ‘One stop shop’ for information about common illnesses, ailments and injury

• Local and up to date information

  Useful resources for your practice/pcn