Manchester Health Visiting Service offers comprehensive advice and support to parents and carers of children from pre-birth to four and a half years.
What is a health visitor?
Health visitors are registered nurses or midwives with specialist additional qualifications in child, family and public health.
Their role is to offer information and support to families through the early years, from pregnancy and birth to primary school.
The health visiting service
Every family with a child under the age of four and a half has access to a health visitor and their team. The service is delivered through home visits, contact in the community and telephone calls as necessary.
The aim is to promote the health and well being of you and your family.
Healthy Child drop-in sessions for well babies and children are provided in various venues including Children’s Centres, Health Centres and community buildings.
Health visitors work with other services such as GPs, midwives, school nurses and social workers.
Health visiting teams usually consist of health visitors, community staff nurses, community nursery nurses, early years outreach workers and team assistants.
All members of the team carry identification badges with photographs.
Our services include:
Home visits to all newborn babies and families new to the area.
Extra support.
Healthy Child drop-in sessions.
Health and development reviews at two months, nine months and two years.
| We offer a range of advice and information on:
Children’s health: Family health: Emotional support: |
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| Feeding | Parenting skills | Postnatal depression |
| Sleeping | Healthy eating | Mental health |
| Play and development | Sexual health | Bereavement |
| Immunisations | Contraception | Domestic abuse |
| Minor ailments Minor illnesses | Drugs and alcohol Accident prevention | Disability |
Meeting you
Before your baby is born you will receive support from the Midwifery Service, and from the Health Visiting Service between 28 and 36 weeks.
After the birth you will be contacted again by a health visitor who will make an appointment to visit you at home when your baby is between 10 and 14 days old.
During this visit you will be able to discuss the health and well being of your family and your child’s developmental progress. The health visitor can provide advice, support and local information about drop-in sessions and services for children and families.
The Personal Child Health Record (or ‘red book’) is a record of your child’s health and development, it is yours to keep. The health visitor will go through this with you on the first visit.
Please remember to take the book with you to your child’s health appointments.
The Health Visiting Service is available between 8.30 am and 4.30 pm Monday to Friday. This is a non-emergency service. If you are worried about your child’s health you should contact your GP, www.choosewellmanchester.org.uk, visit an NHS Walk-In Centre, or dial 111. In an emergency dial 999.
We offer Healthy Child drop-in sessions at various locations across Manchester. If you would like further information about child health drop-in sessions please contact your local team below.
Further information about children’s health can be found at: www.mft.nhs.uk/community/
The Health Visiting service is divided into six districts across Manchester:
Clinic Contact Details
| Switchboard | HV Team | ||
| Central East | Abbey Hey Clinic
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0161 529 6201 | 0161 529 6205 |
| Levenshulme Health Centre
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0161 861 2300 | 0161 861 2302 | |
| Longsight Health Centre
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0161 529 6680 | 0161 529 6650 | |
| Central West | Rusholme Health Centre
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0161 861 2200 | 0161 470 6798 |
| Chorlton Health Centre
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0161 861 8888 | 0161 860 2916 | |
| North East | The Cornerstone Centre
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0161 529 6317 | 0161 529 6288 |
| Newton Heath Health Centre
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0161 684 9696 | 0161 683 2536 | |
| New Moston Team | 0161 684 9696 |
0161 529 6868
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| North West | Harpurhey Health Centre
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0161 861 2400 | 0161 861 2409 |
| Cheetham Primary Care Centre
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0161 549 6720 | 0161 549 6690 | |
| Charlestown Road Health Centre
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0161 741 2000 | 0161 388 4019 | |
| Crumpsall Health Visiting team | 0161 861 2400 | 0161 470 6711 | |
| Plant Hill Health Clinic
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0161 740 8004 | 0161 720 5981 | |
| South | Burnage Health Centre
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0161 529 6500 | 0161 529 6485 |
| Chorlton Park Team
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0161 529 6174 | 0161 529 6151 | |
| Old Moat Children’s Centre
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0161 234 4711 | 0161 445 8689 | |
| Wythenshawe | Northenden Health Centre
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0161 529 6174 | 0161 529 6150 |
| Baguley Clinic
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0161 946 0802 | 0161 946 9275 | |
| Forum Health
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0161 549 6550 | 0161 549 6554 | |
| Wythenshawe offices, Stancliffe Road
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0161 529 6780 | 0161 529 6740 | |
| Homeless Families Health Visiting Team
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0161 861 8888 | 0161 860 2935 |