Call for Rebuilding Health Visitor Workforce Rejected by Government

Government Refuses To Set Targets For Health Visitor Recruitment

The Government has ruled out developing a new national vaccinations strategy, despite the Committee urging Ministers to brand the current one a failure as vaccination rates have fallen over a number of years. Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC’s) verdict was given this week in its response to the Committee’s report, The First 1,000 Days, which also recommended boosting the workforce of health visitors, opening Family Hubs in every comm…

Call for rebuilding health visitor workforce rejected by government

MPs have accused the government of “kicking the can down the road” when it comes to restoring the health visitor workforce in England.