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Health Visiting involves health visitors and nursery nurses looking after children from birth to five years old and supporting their families. Every new baby is allocated a named health visitor as their parents’ point of contact.
Guided by the national Healthy Child Programme, families are offered five key contacts:
The timeline gives more information about each of these visits.
Our support is much more than five home visits. We are on hand to provide specialist support on a variety of issues such as feeding, sleeping, crying, toilet training and weaning.
We also work closely with other services in Sheffield to give families access to a range of clinics and groups in their local area including:
Open access to baby clinics is always available and you can contact your health visitor at any time. Use our maps to find your nearest service: