What we do

The Health Visiting Team offer support, information and advice to all parents with children within the Thurrock area from the antenatal stage (pre-birth) to the age of 5 years old.

We can help advise parents on:

• Baby's and children's growth and development
• Breastfeeding, bottle feeding and introduction to solid foods
• Postnatal depression and mum's and dad's mental and physical health
• Behaviour issues - sleeping, eating, toilet training, tantrums etc
• Support with parenting
• Family health and relationships
• Support with your child’s long-term health conditions
• Health promotion
• Community health and development
• Onward referral and signposting to specialist services to further support your child or family.

Health Visiting Team

The health visiting team comprises of: 

• Health Visitors,
• Community Staff Nurses,
• Community Nursery Nurses,
• Community Support Workers  
• Single Point of Access (SPA) Administators.

If you would like to speak to a member of our team, please call us on 0300 3001999, or click below for our Baby Weighing Drop-in Clinics venues and times.

Baby Weigh In Drop-in Clinics venues and times.pdf [pdf] 213KB

We offer the following contacts to all children and their parents:

• Antenatal contact
• New birth visit – 10-14 days old
• 6-8 week visit
• 3-4 month contact
• 8 months to 1 year developmental assessment
• Between 2 – 2 ½ year developmental assessment

Click the Resources circle below to find relevant information and links for each contact and other information that you might find useful.