Led by the University of Stirling, with contribution from researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Kent, the £265,000 project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
The aim of the 18-month study is to explore the changes that the health visiting service has undergone over the past two years and provide recommendations to enhance organisation and delivery as part of a post-pandemic recovery.
Principal investigator, Dr Erica Gadsby, a senior lecturer in public health at the University of 
Stirling (pictured right), said, ‘Health visiting is a key component in ensuring the health and wellbeing of children across the UK. Following the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, services across the UK had to change and adapt to the situation very rapidly. Many staff changed their roles, some services were scaled back, and others moved to virtual delivery, different professionals worked together in different ways, and everyone had to get used to working with personal protective equipment in all face-to-face contacts.
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