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Health visitors
Health visitors
Haringey's Whittington Health health visitor service may visit you and your child
Examples of common needs and services are:
antenatal visits
parenting support and advice on family health and minor illness
new birth visits which include advice on diet, feeding, weaning and health checks
formal health programme for immunisation, physical and developmental checks, information and support for families on feeding, safety and relationships, a child’s developmental milestones, dental health, keeping safe, nutrition, speech language and communication, play
formal health programme for school entry (three to five years)
Leading the Healthy Child Programme
specific support on interventions e.g. post natal depression, supporting families with complex needs
Baby, child and breastfeeding support
At this time, we are offering appointment only clinics to have your baby weighed, but only if you have a specific concern or query about your baby or child. Our visits, support and developmental reviews may be in person or be offered virtually via video or audio instead. Breast feeding support is also available face to face and/or virtually.
Health visitors are nurses or midwives who hold post-graduate specialist practitioner qualifications and work in the field of child family and public health. They work in the community, as autonomous practitioners, both designing and delivering care for families and communities.
They ensure all families have access to a universal set of evidence-based services as part of the healthy child programme to help them stay healthy. They use their expert professional judgement to agree appropriate levels of support over and above this universal service, building on parents’ strengths. Some of this support is provided by health visitors directly, some they delegate or refer to the appropriate professional or practitioner.
Specialist Immunisation Service (Haringey)
This service is for babies and children who require specialist immunisations such as hepatitis B and TB, or who require immunisations given by a specialist practitioner due to severe allergies. The service is run in Haringey from both St Ann’s and The Laurel’s clinic.
Your local Health Visiting team can be contacted Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) from 9am to 5pm on the duty line. See contact details below. When you call, please have your baby’s NHS number ready (at the front of their red book or on any correspondence you have received from us).
Your local Health Visiting team can be contacted Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) from 9am to 5pm on the duty line. See contact details below. When you call, please have your baby’s NHS number ready (at the front of their red book or on any correspondence you have received from us).
You can also email us at whh-tr.0-19haringey@nhs.net
The Health Visiting teams run weight clinics at a variety of venues – please get in touch if you would like to book an appointment.
Hornsey Central Team
Hornsey Central Team
Hornsey Central Health Centre,
151 Park Road London N8 8JD
Ring - 020 3074 2612
Email: whh-tr.0-19@nhs.net
Stuart Crescent Team
Stuart Crescent Team
8 Stuart Crescent
N22 5NJ
Ring - 020 3074 2907
The Laurels Team
The Laurels Team
24 Tynemouth Road
N15 4RH
Ring - 020 3224 4207
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