A report by the Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC) found that there are 15,800 babies under the age of one considered by local authorities to be vulnerable or highly vulnerable and at risk of harm, but still living at home.
Families currently receive five mandatory health checks from health visitors - one before birth, one when the baby is born, one when the baby is between six and eight weeks old, one when they are between nine and 12 months old, and one when the child is between two and two-and-a-half years old.
But Longfield wants the number of mandatory visits to be increased for families where children are deemed to be "at risk".
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