If you have moved county/area, were you contacted by your new
GPs health visiting service ?(Daniel pPlka related)  (45 Posts)
Owllady Tue 17-Sep-13 15:04:59  I noticed that Daniel Pelka case
it has been noted that Coventry had the lowest number of Health
visitors in the country (though this has now doubled)  I have
moved county twice since my eldest were tiny. The initial area
we lived in we had a HV but I moved when the children were 4 & 2
and I didn't have another health visitor until 4 years later
when I had my youngest, despite the fact the 4 yr old had
significant developmental delays. The HV was fleeting and we
just saw her a couple of weeks following the birth.  I moved
area again when the youngest was 2 and the others were 8 and 10.
I have never seen a HV at all here. Infact, despite my eldest
being a 'child in need' I was willfully ignored by social
services for a whole year, then imo neglected for a further
year. My eldest is a child in need due to severe disability, not
neglect or abuse, but she is