The new Pre-Birth to 19 Health, Wellbeing and family Support Service across Essex will combine a range of existing services, including the Healthy Child Programme, healthy Schools, the Family nurse partnership and children’s centres.
Virgin Care will focus on delivering the clinical side of the service such as health visiting
Children’s centres will be re-named as family hubs and there will be 12 – one per district.
Councilor Dick Madden, Essex County Council’s cabinet member for adults and children, said, ‘I am pleased to have awarded the contract to Virgin Care and look forward to working with them as we launch this exciting new service.
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