Contact details:
Health Visiting
Your Health Visiting Team
Telephone number:
824558
Address:
3 Daish Way
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 5XB
Your local Family Centres are:
West Newport Family Centre 537390
East Newport Family Centre 529208
Other useful contacts:
Your health visiting team want you to have a say in the care and
support you and your family receive. To help you to do this we
are happy to provide information and answer any questions
you may have. This list of useful contacts may help to answer
your queries during times when your Health Visitor is not
available.
FIZ (Family Information Zone) Tel. (01983) 821999
FIZ provides information on registered childcare and nursery
schools, local and national support groups, sports and leisure
activities. They produce holiday activity guides for Christmas,
Easter and Summer holidays, and hold leaflets and publications
on many subjects relevant to families, children and young
people.
Wightchyps is a web based service directory for children and
young people. The directory contains hundreds of entries with
contact information and details of activities, services and events
on the Island. Visit www.wightchyps.org.uk for further details.
www.yourbaby.org is a useful web site for getting to know
your baby. It provides helpful information to support you prior
to birth and through out the early days.
Dial 111 for NHS medical help (including
dental health) fast which is NOT an
emergency. In a case of emergency dial 999.
NHS Choices can offer further information relating to child and
baby health along with lots of other links to topics on family
health. This is available on www.nhs.uk.
Also available online through the NHS Choices website is Birth
to five development timeline which is an interactive guide to
child development.
A guide to your Health
Visiting Service on the Isle of
Wight
Introduction to the Health
Visiting Service.
Universal Plus services.
The Isle of Wight Health Visiting Service
comprises of a multi-skilled team of
Health Visitors and community nursery
nurses. Health Visitors are qualified
midwives or nurses with specialist
training in public health. We work in
partnership with other agencies to
promote health and wellbeing for the
family.
Your health visiting team can also provide
additional support for families when expert help
or advice is needed. This may include help with:
What you can expect from your
health visiting team.
As part of the Healthy Child Programme
we offer a universal service available to
all families until your child starts school .
This includes;
• Antenatal visits from 28 weeks.
• Postnatal new birth visit, 10-14 days
after birth.
• Emotional health and wellbeing
support.
• 9-12 month child health review.
• 2 - 2.5yr child health review.
• Breastfeeding support.
• Regular child health clinics in the
community setting, where health
visiting professionals are available to
answer any queries you may have.
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Post-natal depression.
Domestic abuse.
Safety in the home.
Smoking Cessation.
Sexual Health.
Sleep difficulties.
Behaviour management.
Healthy eating and weaning.
Toilet training.
Minor illnesses.
Children with additional health needs.
Immunisation information and advice.
Universal Partnership Plus.
This service provides ongoing support and
comprises of a range of local services working
together with parents, to deal with more
complex issues over a period of time.
For more detailed information about the
services provided as part of the Healthy Child
Programme ask your Health Visitor or visit the
Department of Health website at:
www.gov.uk/government/publications/healthchild-programme-pregnancy-and-the-first-5years-of-life
Your
Your Health Visitor has strong links within
the community and can help you access a
range of services, from parent and baby
groups, to support with housing and
financial issues.
Your baby is amazing!
From the minute your baby is born, they are
amazing. Babies are born with brains that
have a huge capacity for learning and most
brain development happens before the age
of three.
Babies are born to be sociable but need your
help from their first day to fully develop their
social skills. It is never too early to start.
Time spent talking, singing, smiling, listening,
playing and responding to your baby will help
to develop their brain, help with their future
learning and help them to become happy and
confident.