Parents love health visitors. In March this year YouGov carried
out a poll the Family and Parenting Institutue which
shows that 76 per cent of parents in England want parenting support
and advice on their child's health and development from a trained
health visitor with up-to-date knowledge.
83 per cent of parents want that support and advice in the home.
But they have also surveyed Primary Care Trusts and found that
how often or even whether parents get visitors from a health
visitor is a post code lottery while health visitor numbers overall
are in freefall.
The Family and Parenting Institute believes that health visitors
are the key to effective early intervention.