Telephone number: 0131 449 8601. Hayley Moir Karen Cowan Angela Downie Lee Ann Hayes Community Nursery Nurse: Jill Heeps A health visitor is a qualified nurse or midwife who has completed specialist training in children and family health. They offer support and advice to parents and carers about the wellbeing of your child from when they are a baby until they start school. Your Health Visitor will provide you with specialist up-to-date advice and support on many health and wellbeing topics such as your own wellbeing after the birth of your baby, contraception, assistance with the various aspects of being a parent, your child’s development, childhood immunisations, infant feeding, weaning, toileting, sleep advice, behaviours, dental care, safety and minor ailments your baby or child may experience. The Health Visitors are supported in their teams by a Community Nursery Nurse. We also provide learning experiences for Student Nurses and Medical Students. The Health Visiting team spend a lot of their working day on home visits so may not always be available, however we have an answer phone and will aim to get back to you as soon as possible if you wish to leave a message. |