Health Visiting
What we do
The Health Visiting Team offer support, information and advice to all parents with children within the Thurrock area from the antenatal stage (pre-birth) to the age of 5 years old.
We can help advise parents on:
- Baby's and children's growth and development
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Breastfeeding, bottle feeding and introduction to solid foods
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Antenatal and postnatal depression and anxiety. Mum's and Dad's mental and physical health.
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Behaviour issues - sleeping, eating, toilet training, tantrums etc
- Support with parenting
- Family health and relationships
- Support with your child’s long-term health conditions
- Health promotion
- Advising on Healthy Start Vouchers and vitamins (see link below)
- Onward referral and signposting to specialist services to further support your child or family.
Health Visiting Team
The health visiting team comprises of:
- Health Visitors,
- Community Staff Nurses,
- Community Nursery Nurses,
- Community Support Workers
- Single Point of Access (SPA) Administators.
If you would like to speak to a member of our team, please call us on 0300 3001999, or click the drop down at the bottom of this page for child-health drop in clinics.
We offer the following contacts to all children and their parents:
- Antenatal contact
- New birth visit – 10-14 days old
- 6-8 week visit
- 3-4 month contact
- 8 months to 1 year developmental assessment
- Between 2 – 2 ½ year developmental assessment
Click the 'Parent information' circle below to find relevant information and links for each contact and other information that you might find useful.
Child health drop-in clinics
Monday
Tuesday
Corringham Integrated Medical & Wellbeing Centre (IMWC)
The Sorrels
Stanford-Le-Hope
SS17 7ES
9.30AM — 11.15AM
Aveley Brighter Futures Family Hub
Aveley Primary School
Stifford Road
Aveley
RM15 4AA
9.30AM — 11.00AM
Purfleet Brighter Futures Family Hub
Centurion Way
Purfleet
RM19 1QA
1.00PM — 2.30PM
Wednesday
Grays Health Centre
Brooke Road
Grays
RM17 5BY
9.30AM — 11.30AM
Chadwell Brighter Futures Family Hub
Claudian Way
Chadwell St Mary
Grays
RM16 4QE
9.30AM — 11.00AM
Tilbury Brighter Futures Family Hub
London Road
Tilbury
RM18 8EY
1.30PM — 3.00PM
Thursday
South Ockendon Health Centre
Darenth Lane
South Ockendon
RM15 5LP
9.00AM — 11.30AM
East Tilbury Village Hall (First Thursday of the month)
Princess Margaret Road
East Tilbury
RM18 8RB
1.00PM — 2.30PM
Thameside Brighter Futures Family Hub
Manor Road
Grays
RM17 6EF
1.30PM — 2.45PM
Friday
Stifford Brighter Futures Family Hub
Belmont Castle Academy
Parker Road
Grays
RM17 5YN
10.00AM — 11.30AM
Locations
Grays Health Centre
Brooke Road
Grays
Essex
RM5 7BY
South Ockendon Health Centre
Darenth Lane
South Ockendon
Essex
RM15 5LP
Tilbury Health Centre
London Road
Tilbury
Essex
RM18 8EB
Corringham Integrated Medical & Wellbeing Centre (IMWC)
105 The Sorrells
Stanford Le Hope
Essex
SS17
Brighter Futures family hubs
Register for the Family Hub here - Register for Family Hub
Brighter Futures Family Hubs – formerly children's centres – support families with children of ages 0 to 18 years-old, or to 25 years-old for young people with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).
Healthy Start Vouchers and vitamins
What is Healthy Start?
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.
If you’re eligible, you’ll be sent a Healthy Start card with money on it that you can use in some UK shops.
You can use your card to buy:
- plain liquid cow’s milk
- fresh, frozen, and tinned fruit and vegetables
- fresh, dried, and tinned pulses
- infant formula milk based on cow’s milk
You can also use your card to collect:
- Healthy Start vitamins – these support you during pregnancy and breastfeeding
- vitamin drops for babies and young children – these are suitable from birth to 4 years old
Visit the NHS Healthy Start website to see if you are eligible.
