Health Visiting during COVID
Usually with a newborn, you get checked up by a health visitor in the early days - to see if the baby and parents are doing okay.
But research during COVID's found just 1 in 10 parents of under twos saw a health visitor face-to-face - lots moved to the phone or Zoom.
Charities are saying this gap in face-to-face health visiting for the majority of families has left a hole in services, and added pressure to an already stretched service.
As part of 'Lockdown Babies' Lee Thomas on ±«Óãtv Radio Stoke spoke to Alison Morton, Executive Director at the Institute of Health Visiting.
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