Covid pressure on health visitors puts generation of babies at risk, charities say https://ift.tt/37QKOzG Harriet Sherwood NSPCC and others urge government to fund rebuilding of struggling support service Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A generation of babies born during the Covid-19 pandemic may be at risk because they and their parents are not being fully supported by health visitors in the weeks and months after birth, a coalition of children’s charities has said. The NSPCC and nine other early-years charities say restrictions to the service and redeployment of health visitors could mean thousands of families do not receive checks they are entitled to. Continue reading... https://ift.tt/eA8V8J October 29, 2020 at 02:01AM

NSPCC and others urge government to fund rebuilding of struggling support service

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A generation of babies born during the Covid-19 pandemic may be at risk because they and their parents are not being fully supported by health visitors in the weeks and months after birth, a coalition of children’s charities has said.

The NSPCC and nine other early-years charities say restrictions to the service and redeployment of health visitors could mean thousands of families do not receive checks they are entitled to.

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