Last month the government confirmed that that health visitor family checks will remain a statutory requirement following a review conducted by Public Health England (PHE).
However, local authority chiefs have raised concerns about delivering the checks in the future climate of reduced funding, with the Local Government Association claiming government cuts to councils' public health grants of nearly 10 per cent over five years threaten to undermine councils' work with children.
In response to the review into the future of health visitor checks, which launched last October, a number of local authorities, including Lewisham Council, said they were considering reducing the number of health visitor checks they provide, and targeting services towards more vulnerable families.
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