The government's coming under pressure to recruit thousands more health visitors to improve baby health care in England.
. The campaign is asking for an improved set of national guidelines to standardise the care that is being delivered to babies across England. It's hoped more contact with health professionals, better communication with parents and clearer pathways for escalating concerns could help to prevent children with life threatening conditions like hydrocephalus from slipping through the net.
Joan Rutherford is the community clinical nurse manager for health visiting in NHS Borders and says continuity of care is incredibly important: "We have to think about what families want - do they want to see a different person coming through the door all the time and having to tell their story over and over again? Or do they want somebody that knows the story and can pick"The value of that relationship that you build with a family as a health visitor is irreplaceable.
The GET-A-HEAD campaign was originally launched by Harry's HAT to raise awareness of the importance of head circumference measurements and to educate parents about why they should be taken at routine health checks in a baby's first year. A rapidly growing head is one of the key indicators of hydrocephalus, which is also known as water on the brain. It's a life long condition which can be life-threatening if left untreated.
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