Health visitors advise on many areas, including feeding, bonding, attachment, baby brain development, home safety and child development. A MDT provides comprehensive care to families with children at risk or those subject to a Child Protection Plan (CPP). 

The service includes:

• A trained HENRY facilitator delivering the HENRY programme
•  Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home Visiting (MECSH), a structured programme offered to families at risk of poorer maternal/child health and development outcomes. Parents and carers can be enrolled antenatally or until the baby is eight weeks old.

GP liaison

A virtual liaison meeting is held twice a quarter at a mutually agreed time. The HV team and practice all children registered with that practice subject to a CPP and any other families with concerns that need to be discussed with the GP.  

Healthy Child Programme

HV teams offer five universal mandated contacts to all families in Haringey:

• an antenatal contact between 28 and 36 weeks of pregnancy
• a new birth visit between 10 and 14 days after the baby is born
• a health contact between six to eight weeks to assess parental and baby's health
• a health and development review between 12 and 15 months
• a health and development review between 24 and 30 months.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

• all pre-school aged children living in Haringey and antenatal clients from 28 weeks gestation.

How to Refer