Should you need urgent health advice please contact your GP or call NHS 111. In an emergency please visit A&E or call 999

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Brighton and Hove Healthy Futures Team

Healthy Futures Team (HFT)

We are a Team of Health Visitors and Community Nursery Nurses with an Administrator working with young parents, refugees, asylum seekers, travellers, the Emergency Housed and families facing disadvantage in Brighton & Hove. We are a city-wide service across Brighton & Hove and offer the following:

  • An intensive Healthy Child Programme service, delivering the five core health visiting contacts and progressive intensive support and interventions with families
  • Early assessment and intervention promoting positive parenting and reducing the impact of disadvantage on families

We plan our visits around your needs and will agree an individualised plan of care and support with you. Referral to our service is usually through midwifery, social care or Brighton & Hove City Council, but we can be contacted via B&H Health Visitor Contact Point if you would feel you would benefit from our service (criteria apply). If you would like more information you can contact us at sc-tr.bh-healthvisitors@nhs.net

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Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust runs a confidential secure text messaging service for parents of children aged 0-5 years called ParentLine. The service operates Monday to Friday between 9.30am and 4.30pm in Brighton & Hove and Monday to Friday between 9am to 4.30pm in West Sussex, excluding bank holidays. All texts will be responded to by a health visitor within 24 hours. Outside of the service working hours, you’ll receive a message back to inform you that your text will be responded to once the line reopens.

Should you require urgent health advice in the meantime, please contact your GP, visit an NHS walk-in centre or call NHS 111. For emergencies, dial 999 or visit A&E.

This page was last reviewed on 18-08-2022

This page will be next reviewed on 18-08-2025