Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association

[1] It produces a monthly journal Community Practitioner, which contains both news and scholarly articles.

Obi Amadi, the lead professional officer, featured in a list of leading BME staff in the NHS compiled by the Health Service Journal in November 2014 and was praised for her involvement in the campaign to end female genital mutilation.

[2] The association organises annual awards for practitioners: Community Nursery Nurse of the Year;[3] National School Nurse of the Year;[4] It has a fund, the MacQueen Travel Bursary for Public Health Activity Abroad to assist members to broaden their experience.

[5] Student of the Year[6] Health visitors were involved with Women's suffrage.

[8] The archives of the organisation from 1902 to 1984, when Jane Wyndham-Kaye retired as General Secretary, are held in the Wellcome Collection.

Women sanitary inspector examining young girls hair, around 1900.