Hull Health Visiting and School Nursing

Health Visiting

Health Visiting

Take a look at the animation below to learn more about our Health Visiting Service.

What do Health Visitors do?

We work with every family across Hull. We will offer you the following appointments:

Antenatal Review

(after 28 weeks)

During your pregnancy, you will receive your Parent Held Record (Red Book) and you will be able to talk about your expectations of being a parent and ask any questions you may have about your growing baby. We will talk to you about how you are feeling, how you want to feed your baby, safer sleeping, and ways to help you bond with you baby.

New Baby Review

(before 14 days)

We will visit you at home and talk to you about feeding, safe sleeping and caring for your baby.

We’ll review your baby’s development and ask you how you are feeling and if you need any extra help.

6-8 Week Review

We will visit you at home to review your baby’s development and wellbeing.

We will talk to you about how you are all feeling and talk to you about feeding, safe sleep, immunisations and settling your baby.

3-4 Months Session

A session to talk about introducing solids, baby’s progress, play and learning, safety and much more!

1 Year Review

When your baby is between 9-12 months we will visit to talk about your baby’s progress. We will also talk about, play, home safety, brushing your babies’ teeth, sleep routines, development and preparation for potty training. 

There will also be time to talk about any worries you or your family may have.

2 and a Half Year Review

This is carried out to assess your child’s health and development, including language, behaviour, sleep, and toileting.

The “Ages and Stages” questionnaire is completed, and we will weigh your child.

Child Health Clinics

Our teams run daily child health clinics across Hull, find out more via the link below.

Find Out More

Contact information

Address and locations

The service utilises numerous sites across Hull in order to maximise accessibility. View our ‘Locations’ page for more information.

Opening hours: 08:30-17:00 Monday to Friday (excluding Bank Holidays).

Phone Numbers

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“ Excellent communication and support. ”

“ Gave good advice and was friendly, good with my son. ”

“ Really helped me with my sons behaviour and gave good advice. ”

“ Reassured me regarding my concerns and worries. ”

“ Information and advice given was brilliant and helped us find the next step for specialised help. ”

“ Very helpful and stayed in touch until other help was in place. ”

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East Riding Health Visiting and School Nursing

Our East Riding 0-19, Integrated Specialist Public Health Nursing Service comprises of health visitors, school nurses, health and development practitioners and administrators, working together to deliver the healthy child programme.

My Mental Health Support Team (MyMHST)

We support children and young people aged 5-18 in many schools across Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire, helping children, young people and those who care for them with their mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Physical Health Advice

We know that finding the right place to go when you, or a family member, become ill or are injured can be confusing.

Child Health and Baby Weighing Clinics

We run daily child health clinics across the city.

You can just drop in to have a chat with one of our team, and scales are available if you would like you baby or child weighing.

Contact Point

We are a team of experienced mental health and learning disability practitioners who provide a single point of access for emotional and mental health referrals.

Infant Feeding

We have a specialist infant feeding team for Hull and East Riding.