Anita McCrum
Anita has worked in the Health Visiting
Service for a number of years as Health Visitor and Practice
Teacher. At present Anita is working on secondment to NHS Yorkshire
and the Humber as Senior Public Health Nurse from her role as Lead
Nurse for Health Visiting in Barnsley.
One of her interests is in education which
was driven by her work has Barnsley Community Practice Educator
Project Lead. This work resulted in her gaining the MacQueen Award
for "Excellence in Education in 2006.
Anita is committed to the belief that a
well-supported, well-educated workforce is essential to developing
community practitioners fit for the future. Crucial to this is
strong leadership and professional development to drive innovation
in practice.
Anita is keen to promote the public health
skills of community practitioners through the effective delivery of
the Healthy Child Programme and its key public health targets.
