Health visitor crisis for kids
The Sunday Mirror|January 22, 2023
Short-staffed nurses have 1,000 tots on books
EXCLUSIVE BY NICOLA SMALL
Health visitor crisis for kids

A QUARTER of children aged two are missing out on vital wellbeing checks due to a shortage of more than 5,000 health visitors.

The crisis is threatening the life chances of hundreds of tots through delays in diagnosing developmental conditions such as autism, deafness and cerebral palsy.

Since October 2015, the number of health visitors in England has been slashed by 40%, from 10,309 to 5,842.

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