Health visitor shortage causes alarm

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 19 April 2007

Health visitors are an 'endangered species', according to a new report by the Family and Parenting Institute, which says the number of health visitors has fallen dramatically. A survey of primary care trusts in England found that caseloads for health visitors vary across the country and that parents face a postcode lottery.

Health visitors are an 'endangered species', according to a new report by the Family and Parenting Institute, which says the number of health visitors has fallen dramatically. A survey of primary care trusts in England found that caseloads for health visitors vary across the country and that parents...

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