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Child Health Systems Programme - First Visit

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

2011

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Variable

Lead time statistic card

Summary

The Health Visitor First Visit form is generally completed at around 10 days after the birth of the child. This begins the child's electronic surveillance record and gathers basic identification, family and social data.

Documentation

The Health Visitor First Visit form is generally completed at around 10 days after the birth of the child. This begins the child's electronic surveillance record and gathers basic identification, family and social data. Examples of information collected include: mother's age; smokers in household and infant feeding (at birth, hospital discharge and current method). Identification data such as name, address, GP etc are also checked and updated.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Findings

0

Count

01 Feb 2026

Provenance

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Monthly

Version

1.0.0

Modified

15/04/2026

Distribution release date

01/09/2020

Citation Requirements

National Services Scotland

Coverage

Start date

04/01/2011

Time lag

Other

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Scotland

Maximum age range

4

Follow-up

Other

Accessibility

Language

en

Alignment with standardised data models

OTHER

Controlled vocabulary

OTHER

Format

text, csv

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

https://www.informationgovernance.scot.nhs.uk/pbpphsc/, https://www.isdscotland.org/Products-and-Services/eDRIS/, https://publichealthscotland.scot/contact-us/bespoke-data-analysis-requests/

Time to dataset access

Variable

Access request cost

Research Projects - https://www.isdscotland.org/Products-and-Services/eDRIS/, Bespoke data analysis requests - https://publichealthscotland.scot/contact-us/bespoke-data-analysis-requests/

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

Scottish National Data Safe Haven - https://www.isdscotland.org/Products-and-Services/eDRIS/

Data use limitation

General research use

Data use requirements

Institution-specific restrictions,Not for profit use

Data Controller

Public Health Scotland

Data Processor

National Services Scotland

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: