Young children from struggling families in some parts of England will be offered vaccinations at home to protect them from preventable diseases, the health secretary has said.
Really?
The pilot scheme, announced on Thursday as part of a drive to increase vaccine uptake, will see health visitors trained to spend more time with small numbers of families who could fall through the cracks of the NHS. Wes Streeting told the BBC that children's healthcare had not been given the priority it deserved.
What's the makeup of these families who 'fall through the cracks' then?
The pilot scheme was part of that aim, he said, targeting families who are not signed up to a GP surgery or face language barriers, travel costs or childcare issues which stop them getting to a doctor.
Ah, I see. Labour's imported voter base. Given house calls by GPs are now almost entirely unknown, does the NHS really have the staff for this?
Streeting said there had been a decline in the number of health visitors and community nursing over a number of years, and that government was developing a workforce plan to address recruitment.
Of course, it would be folly to ask why they didn't recruit them before making this announcement, wouldn't it, Reader?
