This document summarizes the work of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Nursing and Midwifery at Public Health England. The Centre aims to support WHO by generating evidence on the role of nurses and midwives in preventing illness, promoting health and wellbeing. It has established networks of academic and technical advisors and collaborates with other WHO centres internationally. The Centre is working on several projects and priorities over a 4 year plan to strengthen nursing and midwifery practice and share learning globally.

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PHE NME WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Nursing and Midwifery
Wendy Nicholson National Lead Nurse Children, Young People and Families; Deputy Head of
World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Public Health Nursing and Midwifery, Public Health
England

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Building on what works to support
evidence into action
Supporting prevention of avoidable
illness, protecting health, promoting
wellbeing and resilience
WHO Public Health Nursing and Midwifery Collaborating Centre

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Terms of Reference
• To support WHO by generating evidence and defining frameworks of practice for nurses and midwives
which prevent avoidable illness, protect health and promote wellbeing and resilience.
• To support WHO by providing information about the nurses’ (including health visitors) and midwives’ role
and impact on maternal and child health.
• On request of WHO provide policy advice and technical assistance about public health nursing and
midwifery to the Regional Office and Member States.

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4 year plan – WHO CC
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
CYP – WHO CC
• Developing plans &
work streams
• Identify priorities &
performance
measures
• Identify partners
Building networks &
expert base
• Sustaining
relationships &
delivering the offer
• Identifying what works
& transferable learning
• Designing impact
measures / building the
evidence
• Interim reporting of
impact
• Disseminate learning
and identify gaps
• Support communities
of practice & special
interest
• Review impact and
outcomes
• Embedding in practice
• Develop sustainable
strategies
• Agree on-going & new
priorities

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Supporting through collaboration & across systems
Chief Nurse
Directorate
Internal
External
Internationally
Nurses and midwives – A vital resource for health
Academic Friends Network
Opportunity
Sharing
Making a difference
Collaborating centres
Evidence into
practiceTechnical advisers / experts
Generating the
evidence

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• Detailed project plan scoped and scoping deliverables e.g. Prevention
pathways
• Established Academic Friends Network with 30 PHE Academic
Honorary contracts
• Agreeing the approach to literature review/research
• Developing systems to support the provision of technical advice
• Strengthen Technical Advisor network through development days and
second round Recruit Young People TAs to support programme ToR 2
• Build on models currently being developed (including LCAV, AOH and
Best Start) with focus on nursing and midwifery interventions;
strengthening the approach and improving accessibility
• Build collaboration with other WHO centres for nursing and midwifery
within PHE, within UK (Glasgow Caledonian University, Cardiff
University) and with Europe and internationally
• Collecting and reviewing case studies
What are we doing?

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Priorities
• Support PHE global programmes for health improvement
• Supporting
- both in England and contributing to Global Campaign including work
with WHO and ICN
• Use strategic partners network (including other ALBs and devolved
administrations to progress work via shared goals and programmes;
• Provide technical advice (ongoing)
• Chief Nurse European Region advisor to WHO HRH planning for
major global nursing conference just prior to WHA and steering group
for WHO E regional programme

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Manchester, Centre for Global Women’s
Health named WHO Collaborating
Manchester
1. Research
2. Training and education
3. Providing technical advice to WHO centre
Dame Tina Lavender
tina.lavender@manchester.ac.uk
Finland, WHO CC (Nursing)
Helsinki
Advanced nursing practice, nursing
research
Dr Arja Holopainen
arja.holopainen@hotus.fi
Dr Anne Korhonen
Anne.Korhonen@hotus.fi
Norway, University of Bergen, WHO health
promotion and education
Bergen
Health promotion,
Education
School aged children
Dr Oddrun Samdal
Oddrun.Samdal@uib.noScotland, WHO Collaborating Centre for
Nursing and Midwifery Education, Research and
Practice,
Glasgow Caledonian University
1. Curriculum development and pedagogy
2. Research and practice development
Professor Kay Currie
k.currie@gcu.ac.uk
Wales, Collaborating Centre for Midwifery
Development
Cardiff University
1. Education
2. Practice
3. Research and development
Prof Billie Hunter
HunterB1@cardiff.ac.uk
BelgiumKatholieke Universiteit Leuven
KU Leuven
1. Nursing
2. Health systems research &
development
3. Human resources for health (excluding Nursing)
Prof. Dr. Walter Sermeu
walter.sermeus@med.kuleuven.be
Portugal, WHO CC for Nursing Practice and Research,
Coimbra
1. Simulated Practices
2. Health Literacy
3. Nursing Education
Professor Ananda Maria Fernandes
amfernandes@esenfc.pt
Austria, WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing
Research and Education
Salzburg
1. Research
2. Training and education
3. Product development (guidelines; manual;
methodologies; etc.)
Prof. Dr. JÜRGEN OSTERBRINK
juergen.osterbrink@pmu.ac.at
Lithuanian
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Kaunas
1. Nursing
2. Gender; Women & Health
Professor Jūratė Macijauskienė
jurate.macijauskiene@lsmuni.lt
Assoc. Prof. Aurelija Blaževičienė
Aurelija.Blazeviciene@lsmuni.lt
WHO Public Health Nursing and Midwifery Collaborating Centre

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Education or Training Workforce CYP
Finland, Nursing Research
Institute
Helsinki
Belgium Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven
KU Leuven
Turkey, Bilimeri
University,
Istanbul
Georgia, Sabin
Vaccine Institute
Tbilisi
WHO CC Collaboration
WHO CC Europe Network
• Comments on Draft Towards a sustainable
health workforce
• Commenting Network meeting notes. Berlin
2nd & 3rd March 2017
• Providing contact list of WHO CC Nursing &
Midwifery in the European Region
• Linking All our Health with Paracelsus
Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
Other European Areas of work
• The first-ever guide to help men to keep
working during or after a cancer diagnosis
has been published
• http://emhf.org/new-guide-working-with-
cancer/
• VIDEO -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2c7CR
MGWMU
• Development of consensus based national
antimicrobial stewardship competencies for
UK undergraduate healthcare professional
(PHE, Cardiff Uni, Imperial London College
and Glasgow Caledonian)
Austria , Austrian Public
Health Institute
Vienna
WHO Public Health Nursing and Midwifery Collaborating Centre

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WHO Public Health Nursing and Midwifery Collaborating Centre
Education or Training
Workforce
CYP
New Zealand, WHO
Collaborating Centre for Dental
Epidemiology and Public Health
Dunedin
Australia, University of
Technology, WHO Collaborating
Centre for Nursing, Midwifery and
Health Development, Sydney
WHO CC International
• HEE (Global team) – support for
pregnant woman using technology
• International Council of Nurses - re-
written their position statement on
Disaster Nursing
• The Bi-annual School Nurse
International Conference, San
Francisco, USA

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How can can we make a difference?
•The Nursing contribution to delivering sustainable development goals & beyond
• What are the common priorities for population health globally and locally? Is there a clear
link for nurses to what to take action?
•Delivering integrated care across heath systems and delivering person centred care
• How can we use our Nursing and midwifery leadership role to widely transform and
influence health and care systems?
•The priorities in the new WHO workforce plan
• How do we link to workforce challenges globally and in this country?
•Opportunities for collaboration and disseminating great examples of research and
practice
• How can we capitalise on the opportunities for collaboration and disseminating great
examples of research and practice?
Longer Lives

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Wendy.nicholson@phe.gov.uk
@ @WendyJNicholson
Nana Quawson