Health Visitors
The health visiting team is based at
Conan Doyle Medical Centre,
4 Nether Liberton Lane,
Edinburgh EH6 5TY.
Telephone 0131 666 5175.
If calling, please leave a short message with your child’s name and date of birth and
someone will get back to you.
Hours of work are Monday-Friday 9-5. We are closed on NHS public holidays.
Health visitors are nurses or midwives with additional training in health visiting. We
offer support to families by promoting health and development and monitoring
growth. We can support with issues such as feeding, sleeping, toileting & behaviour.
Appointments usually take place in a family’s own home.
Someone from the team will contact you if your child has recently registered at the
GP practice or you have just had a baby. You may also be contacted in the last
trimester of pregnancy by your health visitor to introduce themselves and the service.
If you have any medical concerns about you or your child, please seek appropriate
medical attention by calling your GP practice. If out of hours, call NHS 24 on 111. In
an emergency please call 999.
Immunisations are no longer carried out by health visitors. Please contact the
community vaccination team on 0131 312 1860 if you have any vaccination
appointment queries.
Some useful online parenting resources can be found here:
We’re here for you | Parent Club
Child Accident Prevention Trust | A safer world for all our children (capt.org.uk)
Support for families – The City of Edinburgh Council[258520814]
BASIS – Baby Sleep Information Source (basisonline.org.uk)
First Steps Nutrition Trust
Potty training: how to start & best age to potty train – ERIC