Health Visitors are all qualified nurses, who have gone on to do another year specialising in child development and health promotion. They will be able to advise you on all aspects of development and health promotion until your child is 5 years old. Many of them also have additional qualifications in a range of fields, such as midwifery and paediatric nursing.
In short, Health Visitors in Kingston are essential to improving the health of the population.
Working along side the Health Visitor, are Community Staff Nurses and Community Nursery Nurses. Community Staff Nurses are all qualified nurses and many have extra experience of looking after children in areas such as hospitals. Community Nursery Nurses are experienced in child development and health promotion such as child safety. The teams are well supported by administration teams, who may answer your call and take a message if the teams are visiting.