Balancing workloads under GP attachment.

Alignment with a GP practice resulted in fluctuating workloads for health visitors Lynda Brooks, Caro Fickling and Caroline Walker. Here they describe how the introduction of a corporate caseload helped to restore balance.

Group child health assessments.

'Health for all children' emphasises health promotion and parental involvement in child health surveillance checks. Heavy caseloads and the need to incorporate these principles in their practice prompted an Oxfordshire team of health visitors to introduce group health assessments. Here they describe the new approach and the response from parents.