Tuesday, 3 January 2017

One in four UK babies miss out on health visitor checks

One in four UK babies miss out on health visitor checks The Social Mobility Commission raises concern over figures, and Labour accuses Tories of failing to invest in early years support

One in four babies born in the UK are not receiving mandatory checkups from health visitors during the first two years of their life.

A fifth of babies do not receive the recommended reviews after they turn one, and one in four miss out at the age of two, according to the government’s commission on social mobility. Continue reading... The Guardian

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