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Decimated health visitor workforce threatens government ambition for children's early life outcomes.

Conclusion
The Government will fail to deliver on its ambition to give every child the best start in life unless it takes urgent action to rebuild the health visitor workforce, which has been decimated over the last 10 years. (Conclusion, Paragraph 55)
Addressee Bodies
Department of Health and Social Care
Timeline
Recommendation age 0.4 yrs
Report published 22 Jan 2026