Health Visiting
Who are we?
The Health Visiting Team consists of:
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurses,
- Staff nurses
- Nursery Nurses
Collectively we are The Health Visiting Team who are part of the 0-19 Public Health Nursing Team.
For information from the Institute of Health Visiting, here.
We work with:
- All Families with children aged 0 – 5 years old, who are registered with a Croydon GP or resident within the Croydon Borough.
Our aims:
- To deliver the Health Child Program aged 0-5 years
- To identify health needs as early as possible
- Improve health & wellbeing by promoting health,
- preventing ill health
- reducing equalities
- We work with other professionals to safeguard children and families.
- We work with other professionals to provide support to all families where required.
- Signpost to local services within the Croydon borough.
Becoming a new parent can be daunting especially knowing what is normal or not. As you get to know your baby, this will get easier. Health visitors are a great source of support and information, see here.
Please see the Department of Health: Healthy Child Programme here.
Find out a little about who the Public Health Visiting team are and what they do here .
Contact the team below:
Telephone: 0208 274 6442
Email: ch-tr.usachub@nhs.net