Speaking at the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes in Children and Young People’s Services (C4EO) conference in London, Loughton told delegates that health visitors and outreach workers would play a complementary role.
He denied that health visitors would "sideline" or "conflict" with outreach workers, despite proposals in the Conservative Party manifesto that suggested additional health visitors could be funded by cutting back on Sure Start outreach staff.
"We don’t want to destroy good stuff that is already happening," he explained. "We want those health visitors to be operating out of children’s centres where it is a melting pot of activity around families. Health visitors will complement some of the work that is already going on."
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