Wendy Ratcliffe

@NHSGrampian Infant feeding conference today. Fabulous speakers.! Collaboration is the 🔑 Taking a trauma informed lens and focusing it on our mums, supporting their🤱 journey and hear it in voice of the child!! Thanks to all who helped my vision into a poster. 🤔Version 2 OTW

@lauraad21175930 @NHSGrampian Laura that is amazing. Well done.

Cases of measles are on the rise. It's important everyone going on your family holiday has had two doses of the MMR vaccine before travelling. Visit nhsinform.scot/MMRagainstMeas… to check you and your family are fully protected. #DontLetMeasles

@FarmStopABZ Lovely. We are going tomorrow. 🤗

😍❤️BABY DODDIE ❤️😍 4 weeks old yesterday! 🥰 #farmstopaberdeenshire #familyfarm #farmexperience #donkey #donkeylover

In two weeks, there will be a #GeneralElection. We need the next Prime Minister and Chancellor to be a champion for children. 📢 Take action. Sign the petition and call on the next Government to give children a seat at the table #ChildrenAtTheTable [buff.ly/3vOmAVq]

@ChildReporter @jmiltondraws How do you get a copy of this poster pleases?

This is the Breastfeeding the Brave collection I created in collaboration with @FeedSleepBond. We are looking for places to exhibit this collection, contact us if you know anywhere special to showcase these 8 portraits depicting breastfeeding families with poorly babies.

Parents urged to protect babies from whooping cough | ITV News Health visitors have a vital role to play in disseminating evidence based / trusted information to all families Thanks for highlighting this ⁦@itvnews⁩ itv.com/news/2024-05-0…

New @HSCAberdeen CTAC poster. We now have nine (newest in Torry) clinics available across the city as well as CTAC staff embedded most city practices. The service sees over four thousand patients every week. @NHSGrampian @fimitchelhill @Reid1Sandy @carolineand73 @fraserbell15

app.azavista.com/w/event/65ca0f… This should be interesting 🧐

@Lisalawril1 @NHSGrampian @fimitchelhill @WarrenderJulie @SuzBChristie @BethMurdoch18 Amazing Pauline and so deserved. 🤗

Well done Pauline Reid, District Nurse Team Leader @NorthForesterhill Team on her Star Award nomination and of course leading her team who received their team Star Award for being such a supportive team.@NHSGrampian @fimitchelhill @WarrenderJulie @ @SuzBChristie @BethMurdoch18

There's a myth that "change has to start at the top". Change doesn't come from top-down or bottom up. Change can come from anywhere. It emanates from the centre of networks. We get to the centre through small groups, loosely connected & uniting them with a shared purpose. It is generally a more successful strategy to "grow" change by attracting people, than to "drive" change by overpowering people: greg-satell.medium.com/change-can-com…. By @digitaltonto.

Today @first1001days , a coalition of charities including iHV, published a #ManifestoForBabies calling on all political parties to invest in prevention, demanding urgent support for vulnerable babies buff.ly/3v9ecj0 #HealthVisiting

In 2023 SACN reported that 36% of U.K. 1-1.5 year olds consume formulas & these contribute 50% of free sugars intakes in consumers (& 18% at pop level). Yet they’re being exempted from guidelines to address composition & marketing of commercial baby/toddler foods/drinks. WHY?

Lost your Cornet? Get in touch and we'll help reunite you. 🎺

Seeing the same GP reduces your risk of an emergency admission to hospital or of needing to use the out of hours service by 30% and astonishingly reduces the risk of dying in the following 12 months by 25% And knowing your patients makes being a GP a wonderful job. @rcgp

Our volunteers at the @NBHelpline are trained to support you. Plus, they are all mothers with breastfeeding experience, which means they really care 💜 They can be contacted via phone, Facebook or Instagram 9:30am-9:30pm! #FridayFeedback #VolunteerAppreciation

👍 #AnnaTaylor ⁦@Food_Foundation⁩ for highlighting that #breastfeeding is the single most powerful interv to prevent #obesity. Rather than debating #HFSS vs #UPF we should focus on measures to ⬆️ diets based on less processed foods from birth. ⁦⁦@HLFoodObesity⁩

We can start supporting good mental health early, helping babies feel seen, heard, safe & secure. Here is some excellent guidance from Scotland looking at the 'voice of the infant' in different contexts. Babies have a voice too! bit.ly/493UlQU #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek

Listen to this week’s ⁦@iHealthVisiting⁩ #iHVPodcast on “Stemming the measles surge” with Professor ⁦@HelenEBedford⁩ & ⁦@Alison_Morton2⁩ Tackling the root causes- health visitors have an important role to play, reaching all families 👇 ihv.org.uk/news-and-views…