Health visiting: the spearhead of the social services; the value of health visitors' records.

Abstract

We welcome very much the setting up of a working party which is to advise on the work, recruitment and training of health visitors and look forward to its report, but let us not make the waiting for this or any other report the excuse for not immediately considering how we can put our own house in order. Finally, to help us to maintain a balanced outlook, let me quote from a Report on the National Conference on Family Life (U.S.A.): &dquo; As we go out into whatever our specialities are, let us try to see what is going on, because, after all, 80 per cent. of our families are doing pretty well, either with us, without us, in spite of us, or because of us &dquo;7.