Covid pressure on health visitors puts generation of babies at risk, charities say

Covid pressure on health visitors puts generation of babies at risk, charities say NSPCC and others urge government to fund rebuilding of struggling support service

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. The Guardian

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• Government is at risk of failing babies and parents during the coronavirus pandemic NSPCC