I need to let off steam by saying that I am developing major problems with HV's in general. I am convinced that if GS's HV's had acknowledged his dramatic weight loss over a month, his lack of growth, his parents refusal to let any medical staff or even the HV's see him - or spoken to me instead of constantly refusing when I made numerous attempts to speak to them about my concerns - then he would not have ended up in hospital at five months old covered in bruises, with a chest fracture from the beating his father had given him.
We moved 350 miles away (when GS was two) - and asked for a HV, and were told he didnt need one and wouldnt get one as he was not a baby.
Recently asked the GP for a hearing test for GS, only to be passed to the local HV to arrange a date. She called me and said she would be back in touch within two days with a date and time - that was three weeks ago - she does not return my calls, in the meantime I have a child who is struggling to hear and we can't get anyone to see him as it has to be done through the HV's.
It's alright David Bloody Cameron prattling on about the number of hours a HV should spend with 'clients' - but what about training them to do their job right in the first place?