More babies and young children are missing out on the Government's promise of the 'best start in life' say the authors of the latest health visitor survey. "Widening health inequalities and escalating ...

The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) has partnered with a leading children’s mental health charity on a new workforce ...

Background Inequalities in dental decay in young children persist, resulting in high admission rates for general anaesthetics for tooth extractions. Health visitors have the potential to improve ...

Health visitors are set for a larger role in early intervention in the lives of vulnerable children. Julie Griffiths reports Health visitors have often been regarded as the poor relations in the ...

There were 8,244 full time equivalent health visitors in the NHS as of December 2017, the lowest number since August 2013. “There were 8,244 full time equivalent health visitors working in the NHS as ...

My name's Sarah and I'm a health visitor who works in Stockport. Health visitors work mainly with children 0-5 and their families. Our main role is to make sure that children are school ready. During ...

About one in four new parents in England is not seeing a health visitor when their baby turns one, increasing the risk of mental health problems going unnoticed, the NSPCC says. The government has ...

CHARLOTTE — Atrium Health released its updated visitor policy Friday as the COVID crisis in hospitals intensifies. “We know how important it can be to have someone by your side when you seek medical ...

ITV regional news has been told that a shortage of health visitors means they are struggling to provide enough support for parents and children. We've been given exclusive access to a national survey ...

The Department of State regulations governing the J-1 Exchange Visitor Program require that all J-1 exchange visitors and their J-2 dependents have health insurance coverage that meets the following ...