1st September 2025
A letter by Dr Alison Spiro, an iHV Fellow, has been published in today’s The Times.
Alison’s letter raises awareness of why we need more health visitors, due to the falling vaccination rates and the important role that health visitors play in informing families of the benefits of their children’s immunisations. Alison calls on the government to reinstate health visitor numbers.
We thank Alison for her strong advocacy work, speaking up for babies, children and families and highlighting the importance of prevention to reduce avoidable harms – especially the important role that health visitors play in supporting vaccination uptake. We need more health visitors and the government needs to take decisive action now to rebuild health visiting services.
