PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Health: Babies (18 May 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in the number of health visitors since 2015 on the health of babies during the covid-19 outbreak.

Asked by:
Sarah Owen (Labour)

Public Health England has not made an assessment.

Health visiting services have continued to deliver the Healthy Child Programme throughout the pandemic. Contacts were initially virtual unless there was a clinical or safeguarding need. Health visitors have also prioritised families not already in contact with services. Services have now been restored in line with the community services prioritisation guidance.

Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
24 May 2021