As parents prepare for their children going back to school, checking their child for head lice should be top of their list this year.

With a national increase of 15%, the parasites have been given ideal humid breading conditions to multiply, putting children more at risk than ever.

An absence of nit nurses has left the responsibility in the hands of the parents, so why not log your concern on the new 'Nitwatch' campaign and protect your own child and everyone else in their classroom!

Helen Maddin is from Vosene and here this morning to spread the word of prevention to the nation...