Healthy Child Wales Programme: Annual percentage of contacts received within age ranges

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Data valuesData descriptionYearAreaContactStatus
77.8Percentage2024WalesAll contactsWithin programme age range
18.3Percentage2024WalesAll contactsBelow min age
3.9Percentage2024WalesAll contactsAbove max age
83.1Percentage2024WalesContact at 10 - 14 daysWithin programme age range
7.3Percentage2024WalesContact at 10 - 14 daysBelow min age
9.6Percentage2024WalesContact at 10 - 14 daysAbove max age
91.7Percentage2024WalesPhysical examination at 6 weeksWithin programme age range
5.6Percentage2024WalesPhysical examination at 6 weeksBelow min age
2.8Percentage2024WalesPhysical examination at 6 weeksAbove max age
73.1Percentage2024WalesWeight and measurement at 8 weeksWithin programme age range
25.4Percentage2024WalesWeight and measurement at 8 weeksBelow min age
1.5Percentage2024WalesWeight and measurement at 8 weeksAbove max age
80.9Percentage2024WalesWeight and measurement at 12 weeksWithin programme age range
15.8Percentage2024WalesWeight and measurement at 12 weeksBelow min age
3.3Percentage2024WalesWeight and measurement at 12 weeksAbove max age
79.0Percentage2024WalesWeight and measurement at 16 weeksWithin programme age range
13.3Percentage2024WalesWeight and measurement at 16 weeksBelow min age
7.6Percentage2024WalesWeight and measurement at 16 weeksAbove max age
74.0Percentage2024WalesContact at 6 monthsWithin programme age range
23.4Percentage2024WalesContact at 6 monthsBelow min age
2.6Percentage2024WalesContact at 6 monthsAbove max age
80.7Percentage2024WalesHealth visitor contact at 15 monthsWithin programme age range
16.7Percentage2024WalesHealth visitor contact at 15 monthsBelow min age
2.7Percentage2024WalesHealth visitor contact at 15 monthsAbove max age
80.5Percentage2024WalesHealth visitor contact at 27 monthsWithin programme age range
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Next update expected:June 2026

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19th December 2025
Dataset first published.

Main information

Designation
Official statistics
Data provider
Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW)
Data source
National Community Child Health Database (NCCHD)
Time period covered
January 2018 to December 2024

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

The Healthy Child Wales Programme (HCWP) specifies nine contacts with health professionals at set points in time for children in Wales aged between 10 days and 3.5 years. Local health boards (LHB) should offer these contacts to all children in Wales.

The source of the data is the National Community Child Health Database (NCCHD); a database maintained by Digital Health and Care Wales (DHCW). The data is extracted routinely from LHB-held Child Health System databases. Data is for all children: includes children defined as receiving Flying Start services and not receiving Flying Start using their flying start postcode coverage.

Data collection or calculation

From 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of Bridgend local authority moved from Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf University health board becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg University health board and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University health board becoming Swansea Bay health board.

Statistical quality

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is clear in 2020, some health visitors were redeployed by health boards to work in hospitals, but the programme recovered in 2021 and the percentage of children receiving contacts since then has been at a broadly similar level to the quarters just prior to the pandemic. Contacts at 10 to 14 days, 6 weeks and 6 months were prioritised in Welsh Government guidance issued at various times during the waves of the pandemic. The data for these contacts shows less of a reduction in the percentage of children receiving contacts in 2020 than all other contact points.

Caution is advised when interpreting data for the 6 week GP appointment and the 8 week immunisation appointment, as there is a known data quality issue. The data presented is an under-count of the actual activity taking place. The issue is caused by the paper-based data collection process not being fully implemented. Steps have been taken to improve data quality, and further measures will continue to be actioned until data is more reliable.

There was a data quality issue during the quarter Jan-Mar 2024. There was strike action by health visitors on 26th February 2024 in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health board which included not inputting any statistical data for the health board or Welsh Government. This may have affected figures for the quarter January to March 2024.

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Welsh Government
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stats.healthinfo@gov.wales