0-5 Public Health Nursing Services

Giving every child the best start in life is crucial to reducing health inequalities across the life course. The foundations for virtually every aspect of human development - physical, intellectual and emotional - are set in place during pregnancy and in early childhood. All families with a child aged 0-5 years and all pregnant women currently resident in the local authority area must be offered the Healthy Child Programme via 5 mandated universal checks and assessments. The Healthy Child Programme promotes child d...