Contact details Health Visiting Your Health Visiting Team

Contact details: Health Visiting Your Health Visiting Team Telephone number: 824558 Address: 3 Daish Way Newport Isle of Wight PO 30 5 XB Your local Family Centres are: West Newport Family Centre 537390 East Newport Family Centre 529208 Other useful contacts: Your health visiting team want you to have a say in the care and support you and your family receive. To help you to do this we are happy to provide information and answer any questions you may have. This list of useful contacts may help to answer your queries during times when your Health Visitor is not available. FIZ (Family Information Zone) Tel. (01983) 821999 FIZ provides information on registered childcare and nursery schools, local and national support groups, sports and leisure activities. They produce holiday activity guides for Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays, and hold leaflets and publications on many subjects relevant to families, children and young people. Wightchyps is a web based service directory for children and young people. The directory contains hundreds of entries with contact information and details of activities, services and events on the Island. Visit www. wightchyps. org. uk for further details. www. yourbaby. org is a useful web site for getting to know your baby. It provides helpful information to support you prior to birth and through out the early days. Dial 111 for NHS medical help (including dental health) fast which is NOT an emergency. In a case of emergency dial 999. NHS Choices can offer further information relating to child and baby health along with lots of other links to topics on family health. This is available on www. nhs. uk. Also available online through the NHS Choices website is Birth to five development timeline which is an interactive guide to child development. A guide to your Health Visiting Service on the Isle of Wight

Introduction to the Health Visiting Service. Universal Plus services. The Isle of Wight Health Visiting Service comprises of a multi-skilled team of Health Visitors and community nursery nurses. Health Visitors are qualified midwives or nurses with specialist training in public health. We work in partnership with other agencies to promote health and wellbeing for the family. Your health visiting team can also provide additional support for families when expert help or advice is needed. This may include help with: What you can expect from your health visiting team. As part of the Healthy Child Programme we offer a universal service available to all families until your child starts school. This includes; • Antenatal visits from 28 weeks. • Postnatal new birth visit, 10 -14 days after birth. • Emotional health and wellbeing support. • 9 -12 month child health review. • 2 - 2. 5 yr child health review. • Breastfeeding support. • Regular child health clinics in the community setting, where health visiting professionals are available to answer any queries you may have. • • • Post-natal depression. Domestic abuse. Safety in the home. Smoking Cessation. Sexual Health. Sleep difficulties. Behaviour management. Healthy eating and weaning. Toilet training. Minor illnesses. Children with additional health needs. Immunisation information and advice. Universal Partnership Plus. This service provides ongoing support and comprises of a range of local services working together with parents, to deal with more complex issues over a period of time. For more detailed information about the services provided as part of the Healthy Child Programme ask your Health Visitor or visit the Department of Health website at: www. gov. uk/government/publications/healthchild-programme-pregnancy-and-the-first-5 years-of-life Your Health Visitor has strong links within the community and can help you access a range of services, from parent and baby groups, to support with housing and financial issues. Your baby is amazing! From the minute your baby is born, they are amazing. Babies are born with brains that have a huge capacity for learning and most brain development happens before the age of three. Babies are born to be sociable but need your help from their first day to fully develop their social skills. It is never too early to start. Time spent talking, singing, smiling, listening, playing and responding to your baby will help to develop their brain, help with their future learning and help them to become happy and confident.