Ahead of the Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association (CPHVA) annual conference at Southport this week, union Unite said a huge recruitment drive is needed to bring the service up to scratch.
The conference is due to hear details of progress made on the Action on Health Visiting Programme, which was launched as a response to concerns about the health visiting profession raised in Lord Laming's review of child protection.
Unite national officer for health Karen Reay said there is now a need for an increase of 8,000 more health visitors over the next five years.
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