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Health Visitors: Babies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of health visitor check-ups for newborns within the first 12 months.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
23 Apr 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of health visitor check-ups for newborns within the first 12 months.

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Data on new birth health visitor reviews is officially recorded and published annually. In 2023/24, the most recent annual data available, 97.8% of newborns received a health visitor review within 30 days following birth, a statistic stable from the previ...

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