Health visitors struggling with ‘dangerously high’ caseloads

Health visitors monitor mothers before childbirth and ensure children get a healthy start.Health visitors are struggling to care for families properly because they have “dangerously high” workloads in which some are looking after as many as 829 children, a study shows.Falling numbers of health visitors mean that in most parts of England they are now looking after more – often many more – under-fives than the recommended maximum 250.