Child Health Checks

Health Visitors

Health Visitors are all trained nurses who have extra training and qualifications in child health. They are a fantastic source of information about child development and health, parenting strategies, breastfeeding, nutrition and community support. They also offer help with social, emotional and environmental issues that affect families.

Health Visitors follow a timeline of visits with the first being antenatal at 32-34 weeks. They then visit at 11-14 days, then weekly for next 2-3 weeks.

Your Health Visitor will carry out a 6-8 week baby assessment, 12 week assessment, 16 week assessment, 8 month assessment, 13-15 month assessment, 27-30 month assessment and a 4 year assessment. 

They do offer additional visits as per each individual family’s needs.

Child health checks

Appointments are sent out automatically by our local Health Board for routine child health checks.

The first will be with an Immunisation Nurse and then a GP for a routine baby check. This will be when your baby is around 8 weeks old.

You will also be offered routine health reviews for your child, with your health visitor, at 6-8 weeks, 8-12 months and 2-2½ years old.

Child Immunisations

Immunisations are given by Healthcare professionals in accordance with the NHS vaccine schedule.

Further information on the schedule and vaccines in general can be found on NHS Inform.

The practice believes it is very important to ensure that all children are immunised against all potentially serious illnesses.

When to immunise

Different vaccines are given at different ages to protect you and your child. Find out when these vaccinations are offered, and when and where they’ll be given:

Hearing tests for children

Routine hearing tests are offered to newborn babies and children to identify any problems early on in their development.

Although serious hearing problems during childhood are rare, early testing ensures that any problems are picked up and managed as early as possible.