0 to 4 years

The next time you’ll see your public health nurse (health visitor) will be when your baby is between 10 and 14 days old, when you’ll receive a home visit.

Jaundice describes a yellow tinge to the skin and to the whites of the eyes.

When your baby is about five days old, the midwife will offer you a screening test called the newborn blood spot screen (sometimes known as a heel prick test).

The newborn hearing screening test helps identify babies who have permanent hearing loss as early as possible.