Spread the word next month about the importance of good oral health and hygiene
The public health minister has confirmed the country is to get 4,200 extra health visitors.
The mental health of new fathers is rarely assessed as part of ante- or postnatal care. With dads’ depression on the rise, this needs to change, finds Meredith Jones Russell
Every children's centre will have access to a named health visitor, as part of a move to recruit 4,200 health visitors by 2015 to offer families with young children improved help and support.
A call for the Government to urgently invest in rebuilding the health visiting profession to support families during the Covid-19 pandemic has been issued by the Institute of Health Visiting’s (iHV)...
Creating Scotland's first National Child Health Network to help disseminate research and information was discussed at a Children and Families conference in Stirling last week, organised by the Health...
Nurseries and early years professionals will be expected to play a greater role in monitoring children's health under new proposals from the Scottish Executive. The consultation document, Health for...
Local authorities will take-over responsibility for commissioning health visitors and school nurses in their area, under new Government plans.
New research highlights how young refugee children and their families are more likely to suffer from mental health problems than their peers and face barriers to accessing health support.
A health project in Glasgow has recruited lay support workers from the community to work alongside health visitors to help give vulnerable children from deprived areas a better start in life. The...