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“Now I I feel as though I I have been
given permission to statutory authorities and and local voluntary organisations to to promote a
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child’s health health and and wellbeing She helps families seek out the the support they may need for mental health health issues issues substance misuse domestic abuse or or or housing issues issues and signposts people to the the other services such as Women’s Aid Family Support Food Bank and support groups for survivors of domestic abuse And all the the the the time she is getting down
on on on the the the the oor checking in in in in in in with the the the the children monitoring their development and and passing on on hints and and tips As well as visiting families Gemma
operates a
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clinic in in in in Cardenden health centre and and and is is exploring ways of of improving the handover of of vulnerable families between midwives and and and health visitors “By improving communication between us and getting together early in in in pregnancy to to to plan ahead we we can do even more to to to help ” says Gemma
as centred way QUEEN’S
we appointed Queen’s Nurses and she believes the programme
and as in in has allowed her to to feel braver to to practice in in a
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more person-
up the the “Before there was was a
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professional barrier went up: I I I didn’t think I I I I I was was allowed to develop relationships with with the the people I I I I I work with with with but now I I I I feel as as though I I I I have been
given permission to to practice with with with loving kindness and that will allow me to to deepen the connection I can build with with families ” she says Gemma
works with families as a
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Named Person alongside
practice with loving kindness”
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