Harrow Health Visiting Service

The service is for children from birth to five years of age whose families are residents of Harrow.

Clients are seen at Milmans Children’s Health Hub, Children Centres and health centres, as well as their own home, where appropriate. 

You can self refer. Please contact us if you are worried about:

• Your child's health and development
• Your own ability to cope due to stress or ill health
• Other family problems affecting your children

Our Harrow Health Visiting service runs from 9 am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

You can see the schedule on this list of clinics, or you can also contact your health visitor or local clinic.

Open our information leaflet for contact details.

•  Telephone: 020 8901 2690
•  Email: www.childcare.co.uk/information/childcare-link 

• It is normal for a baby to lose some weight in the first few days after birth. You baby should be weighed in the first week as part of the assessment of feeding. (This is usually done by the midwife).

• Your health visitor may ask you to bring your baby more often for weight review  if there are concerns and the health visitor wishes to monitor them more closely.

• Weighing your baby too often may cause unnecessary concern.

• The list below shows how often, at a maximum, babies should be weighed to monitor their growth.
• Most children will not need to be weighed as often as this !

Age :                                                      No more than:

2weeks to 6 months                           Once a month

6-12m months                                     Once every two months

Over 12 months                                   once every 3 months

Reference: “ Child’s Personal health records- Red book , UK- Who Growth Charts 0-4years”.

Remember if you want to ask  a health visitor  you can always contact the Harrow health visiting team and speak to the Duty health visitor  ( Monday to Friday 9am-5pm) :

Tel: 020 3317 2555

E mail: cnw-tr.harrowhealthvisiting@nhs.net

If you are concerned about your baby’s health please contact your GP or NHS 111. “

If you need help in a crisis, please do the following

• Contact the CNWL service looking after you during their office hours
• If the crisis is during when your service is closed, there are alternative options provided by the NHS found on this page.
• If you are not already being looked after by CNWL or elsewhere within the NHS, see your GP during normal working hours as they can then refer you to a local service.

Find your closest GP on NHS Choices.