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Community Services - Bradford District Care Trust 2017-12-14 Person 2 5 0

I’ve really had positive experiences of classes and midwife appointments at Airedale cluster sites. However, we have seen my health visitor twice in 6 months. There have been 3 occasions where a scheduled appointment has been cancelled on the day we were due to be visited. This was due to staff sickness which I understand happens but I then had to chase up to book an appointment, which has now yet again been cancelled! My son has not been checked, weighed or measured since mid August, it’s now mid December. I rarely complain about services as I know the NHS is under intense strain, I’m sure this service like many others will most likely be underfunded and understaffed, but I’m so disappointed with the care (or lack of it) that we have received. I have questions about weaning and my sons health that I’d like to ask a professional but this is not possible. The health visiting service at my GP practice has been stopped too so this is not an option either. I don’t drive so it’s tricky for me to get to the practices further afield to attend a session elsewhere. New parents need and deserve more support than this!