Bury Health Visiting
The Health Visiting Service is a universal prevention and early detection service for all children and families that will enable them to achieve optimum health and wellbeing.
Every family in Bury with a pre-school child will be offered access to the Health Visiting Service. These services can be adapted to suit individual family needs within a home or community setting.
Health visitors are qualified nurses with specialist training and experience in many key areas, including child health, health promotion and education and work within a skill mix team including community staff nurses, nursery nurse and support staff.
The team can advise on:
- Infant feeding / breast feeding
- Healthy eating and child growth
- Immunisation and prevention of disease
- Everyday issues such as child development, teething, sleeping and behaviour
- Parenting
- Accident prevention
- Post natal mood problems
- Domestic violence
- Signposting / referral to other services
Team contact numbers
Contact details for the health visiting teams:
- Radcliffe Health Visiting Team - 0161 724 2086 Opt 1
- Ramsbottom, Tottington and North Manor Health Visiting Team - 01706 282 933.
- Bury Town Centre Health Visiting Team - 0161 762 3291 (select option 3)
- Prestwich Health Visiting Team - 0161 798 2721
- Whitefield Health Visiting Team - 0161 351 2135 Opt 1
- Alternative service number - 01706 282 935
You can also follow Bury Health Visiting Service on Facebook.
Contact Information
- Ramsbottom Health Centre
Carr Street
Ramsbottom
BL0 9DD
Opening Hours
Mon-Fri, 9-5
Referral Methods
- Self referral