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North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership

Health visiting and Family Nurse Partnership

Our Universal Early Years team supports all North Ayrshire families in their own homes with children from birth to five years old.

We plan our visits at key times for health, wellbeing and infant development.

We can give support with many aspects of parenting, including:

  • breastfeeding
  • weaning
  • safety
  • nutrition
  • communication
  • play
  • financial support

Our team consists of:

  • Health Visitors (Named Person)
  • Health Visiting Support Workers
  • Family Nurturers and Healthcare Support Worker
  • Early Years Social Workers (early intervention)
  • Community Infant Feeding Support Nurse
  • Perinatal Mental Health Nurses

We also work with a broad range of other services to ensure families are able to give their children the best start in life.

These include:

  • early years’ education
  • allied health professionals
  • acute NHS services
  • employability supports (such as We Work for Families)

Our approach is focused on early intervention and prevention. We believe in the right support, at the right time, and in the right way.

Family Nurse Partnership

Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) supports first-time young mums aged 19 and under.

Specially trained family nurses provide home visits from early pregnancy until children are two years old. We have found that most young women who are offered the programme will take it up.

Family Nurse Partnership aims to ensure improvements in:

  • pregnancy outcomes – including increase in the number of children born at a healthy weight and reduction in smoking during pregnancy
  • child health and development – including positive attitudes to breastfeeding and increased uptake in immunisations
  • parental economic self-sufficiency

The programme is also offered to women who:

  • are between 20 and 24 years old
  • have lived care experience or more complex needs

Get the app

The Ayrshire Bairns section of the NHS Ayrshire & Arran app has more information on our services, child development and other useful resources.

To get the free app for your mobile phone or device:

  1. Search for “NHS Ayrshire & Arran app” in the Play Store for Android devices, or the App Store on Apple devices.
  2. Search for “Ayrshire Bairns”.