Mother with baby on her lap and health visitor talking to the baby

Health Visiting

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
  • Antenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety. 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
  • Advising on Healthy Start Vouchers and vitamins (see link below)
  • 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 the drop down at the bottom of this page for child-health drop in clinics.

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 'Parent information' circle below to find relevant information and links for each contact and other information that you might find useful.

Child health drop-in clinics

Monday

Aveley Brighter Futures Family Hub

Aveley Primary School

Stifford Road

Aveley

RM15 4AA

1.00PM — 2.30PM

Tuesday

Corringham Integrated Medical & Wellbeing Centre (IMWC)

The Sorrels

Stanford-Le-Hope

SS17 7ES

9.30AM — 11.15AM

Purfleet Brighter Futures Family Hub

Centurion Way

Purfleet

RM19 1QA

1.00PM — 2.30PM

Wednesday

Grays Health Centre 

Brooke Road

Grays

RM17 5BY

9.30AM — 11.30AM

Chadwell Brighter Futures Family Hub

Claudian Way

Chadwell St Mary

Grays

RM16 4QE

9.30AM — 11.00AM

Tilbury Brighter Futures Family Hub

London Road

Tilbury

RM18 8EY

1.30PM — 3.00PM

Thursday

South Ockendon Health Centre

Darenth Lane

South Ockendon

RM15 5LP

9.00AM — 11.30AM

East Tilbury Village Hall (First Thursday of the month)

Princess Margaret Road

East Tilbury

RM18 8RB

1.00PM — 2.30PM

Thameside Brighter Futures Family Hub

Manor Road

Grays

RM17 6EF

1.30PM — 2.45PM

Friday

Stifford Brighter Futures Family Hub

Belmont Castle Academy

Parker Road

Grays

RM17 5YN

10.00AM — 11.30AM

Health Visiting E-Support for 0-5 years

The Health Visiting Team Electronic Support is available to parent/carer of children ages 0-5 years and are living in Thurrock.

It provides you with an alternative way to get support/advice from a member of the Health Visiting Team.

Complete the form using the following link and the Duty Health Visitor will get in contact with you — Health Visiting E-Support for 0-5 years | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Locations

Grays Health Centre
Brooke Road 
Grays
Essex
RM5 7BY

South Ockendon Health Centre
Darenth Lane 
South Ockendon 
Essex
RM15 5LP

Tilbury Health Centre
London Road 
Tilbury 
Essex
RM18 8EB

Corringham Integrated Medical & Wellbeing Centre (IMWC)

105 The Sorrells
Stanford Le Hope
Essex
SS17

Brighter Futures family hubs

Register for the Family Hub here - Register for Family Hub
Brighter Futures Family Hubs – formerly children's centres – support families with children of ages 0 to 18 years-old, or to 25 years-old for young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).

Healthy Start Vouchers and vitamins

What is Healthy Start?

If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.

If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops. 

You can use your card to buy:

  • plain liquid cow’s milk
  • fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables
  • fresh, dried, and tinned pulses
  • infant formula milk based on cow’s milk

You can also use your card to collect:

  • Healthy Start vitamins – these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding
  • vitamin drops for babies and young children – these are suitable from birth to 4 years old

Visit the NHS Healthy Start website to see if you are eligible.

Text reads - We can help your family stay healthy. Apply for your prepaid Healthy Start card now at www.healthystart.nhs.uk