Emotional and physical health and development
Health visiting
The Health Visiting Service aims to achieve the best health and wellbeing for children from birth to five years of age by identifying health needs and promoting healthy lifestyles. This includes delivery of health and development reviews, and health promotion and parenting guidance tailored to individual families. You can find out more on the NHS website, or call 0333 358 3654.
A member of the health visiting team will work with you to complete a 2-2½ year review. This review gives you as parents the opportunity to see how your child is developing, and if they need any additional support to reach their full potential and be ready for nursery and school. If your child attends an early years setting they may be offered a developmental integrated review at this age. This is combination of your health visiting developmental review and the early years progress review.
Health visiting services are open to all families with children up to age 5 and is led by you the parents. You can call us for any advice or guidance. Alternatively you can drop in to one of our county-wide open access clinics, where we'll happily support you with any worries or concerns you may have. Drop-in, open access health visitor clinics are now available at locations across Shropshire. To find your nearest clinic visit the Shropshire Family Information Directory.
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Information if you've been advised that your baby might have a disability or health-related condition:
At approximately two years of age you should receive an appointment for their your child’s flu vaccination. This is the best way to protect your baby from influenza. Information about childhood vaccinations can be found on the NHS website.