Qualified health visitors who have left the profession would be enticedback by a Conservative government in order to meet the party'slong-standing pledge to boost numbers.
The party first stated its intentions two years ago to increase healthvisitor numbers by 4,200.
Until now, details about how it would tackle the crippling shortage,other than shifting resources from Sure Start outreach workers, haveremained thin on the ground.
Shadow families minister Maria Miller has revealed to CYP Now the partywould encourage qualified health visitors back to the profession. Shesaid: "There are 16,000 health visitors qualified but not working in theprofession, so it is a big pool of people from which to draw."
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