Authorities are anxious not to see a repeat of the Michael McGarrity case, in which the three-year-old boy survived for six weeks alongside the body of his mother, after she died of a drug overdose in their flat in Edinburgh last October.
Dr Alison McCallum, NHS Lothian director of public health, said, 'Our systems for supervising vulnerable children are being further strengthened following the discovery of Michael McGarrity in a Leith flat after the death of his mother.
'One example is that named health visitors are being allocated to each nursery in the Edinburgh council area to provide an active link to the health service. Health visitors are being allocated to nurseries based on an assessment of the likely needs of the children attending the nursery.'
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