This page has information on childhood obesity and prevention in the form of a quick guide and guidelines on child obesity management. Childhood obesity is an epidemic in the UK, with around “1 in 5 children leaving primary school obese”. Prevention is indispensable to overcoming this problem. The quick guide and guidelines available to download […]
This page offers a fact sheet, pocket guide, and e-learning resources that can help develop and put into practice the skills required to communicate effectively with young people about healthy lifestyle choices and encourage behaviour change. The Making Every Contact Count programme aims to make use of the millions of consultations that take place every […]
This page offers tools and advice on ways to involve your community pharmacist in improving the care of children and young people Bexley CCG, with the support of Healthy London Partnership and Bexley’s Local Pharmaceutical Committee, have been running a project to improve children and young people’s control and management of their asthma through the use […]
Findings from stage 1 of the Great Weight Debate in early 2016. Stage 1 aimed to gauge public perceptions of childhood obesity in London and identify some initial ideas for change from Londoners. Report includes recommendations from Londoners on how to galvanise the public to support change. Downloads
Summary findings from stage 1 of the Great Weight Debate in early 2016. Stage 1 aimed to gauge public perceptions of childhood obesity in London and identify some initial ideas for change from Londoners. Report includes recommendations from Londoners on how to galvanise the public to support change. Downloads
1. What is the Great Weight Debate? The Great Weight Debate is a multi-stage conversation to engage and involve Londoners in the health of their children, and to galvanise social action and support to tackle childhood obesity. In Stage 1, professionals and members of the public were engaged – key findings from this stage are […]
This section of the toolkit provides information and links on a number of additional early intervention programmes that have a close link to emotional wellbeing and mental health. Each of these interventions has received a rating from the Early Intervention Foundation. The rating is based on a number of factors. The Evidence Rating gives information […]
The Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (CYP-IAPT) is a change programme for existing services delivering children and young people’s mental health care. It aims to improve outcomes and experience of care for children, young people and their families by increasing access to effective services and evidence-based therapies through system-wide service […]
An example of integrated care can be found in the Children and Young People’s Health Partnership Child Health Home. This in an initiative to support children and young people’s health and wellbeing in Lambeth and Southwark. Downloads This section of the website represents the historical record of a legacy programme which is no longer managed […]
Pharmacists are an accessible and expert source of useful help and information for young people with asthma and their families. This section provides pharmacists in London with guidance and resources to help them improve asthma care, including examples of best practice. See the pharmacy section of our London asthma toolkit for tools and resources for […]