Exactly the same. We don’t have capacity to do these now that antenatals (even to multips) are KPI. Most of us really valued and miss this valuable contact as it was a maternal mental health assessment as well as a “getting to know each other better” contact, the gap between 6 weeks and 9 months being too long. Some of my colleagues and I would rather do these 3-4 month contacts to first-time parents than antenatals to multips, which although can be a good contact, can also feel like an unnecessary luxury. Oh to just have smaller caseloads and be able to do it all! – Oh wait, that’s what we thought would happen with the recruitment of 4200 more health visitors ………. ;-/
