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The ten sites chosen to conduct health visitor pilots from childrens centres to target socially-excluded families have been named by the DfES and the Department of Health .
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.
Families who are under stress and receiving support from social services find access to childcare particularly helpful, according to a study published by the Scottish Executive last week. Growing...
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 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)...
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...
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...
Children's centres should place more emphasis on home visits to reach the most disadvantaged families, new practice guidance for local authorities is advising. Children's minister Beverley Hughes said...
The needs of children, especially those at risk of domestic abuse, have been missed due to an increase in health visitor workloads as staff were moved to support the Covid-19 workforce, a survey by...
Children’s centre leaders and campaigners in Sutton Coldfield say they are worried that services for vulnerable families are at risk.