Half of babies missing health checks due to Covid-19

The HSE can't say when vital development checks — which assess every child's physical development, motor skills and fine movements, eyesight, hearing, speech development, and social and emotional behaviour — will fully resume. File Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA

More than half of all babies did not receive a crucial development health check due before they turned one due to the pandemic.

Public health nurse visits and important screening checks have been curtailed and delayed as a result of restrictions — and the HSE cannot say when full services will resume.