Nursery World - Health visitors set for every children's centre

Every children's centre will have access to a named health visitor, as part of a move to recruit 4,200 health visitors by 2015 to offer families with young children improved help and support.

Public health minister Anne Milton launched the Health Visitors Implementation plan last week to address concerns that some health visitors feel undervalued, and to reinforce the importance of the relationship between children's centres and health visitors.

Under the new plan, all families will be able to access a full range of services including:

Ms Milton said, 'Health visitors play such an important role - they give families that vital extra bit of support they need in their children's early years. We need more of them so they can reclaim their role in the heart of our communities and at the centre of family life.'

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