to wonder what timetable HVs work to?

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Before I start I really, really don't want to make this a stay at home/work outside the home debate, but my latest encounter with my HV has left me totally nonplussed.

DD is due her 9-12 month check soon, and a letter came through the post last week saying an appointment had been made for her at 2pm on a Monday afternoon. I work (outside the home) on Mondays - Thursdays and have Fridays at home. Since I've just used up my allocated holiday when DD was ill, I asked if it would be possible to move the appointment to Friday, but was told "we don't do any appointments on Fridays, the only day we could do is a Monday or, if your circumstances are really exceptional, a Tuesday."

When I then asked whether I could have a later appointment I was told that the latest appointment they do is 2pm, and the earliest 10am; the only days they do are Mondays and Tuesdays. Apparently I can't have the check done by my GP either and it has to be at my local Sure Start centre - on a Monday or Tuesday.

I don't think I'm the only parent of a 9-month-old who works on Mondays and Tuesdays... AIBU to think I should be able to take DD to an HV check-up on a Friday?

Hmm I'm a GP, and IME, HV provision is very sketchy, and I'm sorry but they all work very part time, we have for the first time in the 10 years I'be been at my practice have a HV who works more than 2 days.
And no we have no control over them, they work for and are employed by the health authority.
Just don't go, if you have no concerns, it will be a complete waste of time.

DS is 12 andI took him to the HV once! The regular HV left just after he was born and they had a procession of stand ins; so half the time the clinics were cancelled, other than the practice nurse being roped in for vaccinations.