We plan to write to NHS boards and local authorities next year, two years after publication of the National Guidance on Managing Head Lice Infection in Children, to monitor implementation of the guidance.In the meantime, we intend to write to education authorities in August 2004, reminding them that schools, working with their school nurse, should provide parents and carers with regular information about the detection and treatment of head lice infection in a proactive way, as recommended on page 7...