Speaking at the Unite/Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association conference, she said: "Our commitment to health visitors is there. It is found in black and white in the coalition document. The Chancellor confirmed yesterday the money is there. We know there are huge frustrations and we need to strengthen health visitor teams and use them in a more enlightened way."
Milton also revealed a new national recruitment campaign was planned for next year to "tell the full story of the health visitor" to encourage people to join, and said there would be better training options for new recruits and for people returning to health visiting.
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