A new UK-wide preceptorship framework for health visiting has been published, which aims to provide a consistent approach to preceptorship across the four nations. All organisations employing health ...

The first 1,001 days of a child’s life are critical to lifelong physical health, mental health, educational attainment and life chances. Health visitors provide a universal frontline public health ...

A well-resourced health visitor service can improve the health outcomes of people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), a conference has heard. The Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) ...

A decision by the NHS to redeploy health visitors during the pandemic was "fundamentally flawed" and "children were harmed" as a result, the head of a health visiting charity has told the Covid ...

Limits should be introduced on the "unmanageable" caseloads of health visitors in England, with some now responsible for more than 1,000 families each, the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) has said.

A health visitor has shared her “favourite” thing to see whenever she sees a parent and baby at their house - and it’s not a clean and tidy home. Many new parents feel anxious at the prospect of a ...

For new parents who have just brought a baby home, the knock at the door from the health visitor can feel daunting. The house might not be tidy, the dishes could be piling up, and sleep has probably ...

Lots of new parents feel apprehensive when a health visitor confirms they're going to call, with fears of being judged rising, alongside anxiety over how their parenting abilities may be perceived, ...