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967470

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what training health visitors receive to enable them to identify incipient and actual cases of ante-natal depression, post-natal depression, and other maternal mental health issues.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL9964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Health visitors are part of the nursing profession and regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Health visitors are qualified and registered nurses or midwives who have undertaken an approved training programme in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing - Health Visiting.</p><p>The NMC has the general function of promoting high standards of education and coordinating all stages of education to ensure that health visitors are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice, including continuous professional development (CPD). The NMC set the standards of education and training for the nursing profession expected at undergraduate and postgraduate level and approve curricula set by individual higher education institutes. In so doing, they set out the knowledge, skills and behaviours that both postgraduate and undergraduate nurses must be able to demonstrate.</p><p>CPD is a term used to describe a number of different training and development activities which may be required for the purposes of professional practice in the National Health Service. The NMC requires 35 hours of CPD relevant to scope of practice in the three year period since registration was last renewed, or joining the register.</p><p>The NMC are in the process of rewriting their standards. For example, in the new pre-registration nursing standards the NMC specify that registrants must have proficiencies in identifying risk and vulnerability, in all settings and across the lifespan and would expect post-natal depression to be included in the curriculum.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9965 question first answered 17/09/2018 13:50:13 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

967472

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what continuous professional development health visitors are required to undertake to enable them to identify incipient and actual cases of ante-natal depression, post-natal depression, and other maternal mental health issues.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
	uin	HL9965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Health visitors are part of the nursing profession and regulated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Health visitors are qualified and registered nurses or midwives who have undertaken an approved training programme in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing - Health Visiting.</p><p>The NMC has the general function of promoting high standards of education and coordinating all stages of education to ensure that health visitors are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes essential for professional practice, including continuous professional development (CPD). The NMC set the standards of education and training for the nursing profession expected at undergraduate and postgraduate level and approve curricula set by individual higher education institutes. In so doing, they set out the knowledge, skills and behaviours that both postgraduate and undergraduate nurses must be able to demonstrate.</p><p>CPD is a term used to describe a number of different training and development activities which may be required for the purposes of professional practice in the National Health Service. The NMC requires 35 hours of CPD relevant to scope of practice in the three year period since registration was last renewed, or joining the register.</p><p>The NMC are in the process of rewriting their standards. For example, in the new pre-registration nursing standards the NMC specify that registrants must have proficiencies in identifying risk and vulnerability, in all settings and across the lifespan and would expect post-natal depression to be included in the curriculum.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL9964 question first answered 17/09/2018 13:50:13 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

683390

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his Department's policy that the mandation of health visiting services will continue after March 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	62939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving good health outcomes for children and young people. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning appropriate public health services for 0-5 year olds in their areas, including health visiting.</p><p> </p><p>Provision by local authorities of five universal health visitor reviews for children aged 0-5 was required by Regulations which came into force on 1 October 2015. The Department commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to undertake a review of the Regulations at 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has completed the review of the mandating of universal health visiting services. The review was informed by looking at existing national and local statistics on health visiting service delivery and health and wellbeing outcomes for young children. In addition, feedback from a number of different stakeholder perspectives, including health visitors, was sought.</p><p> </p><p>PHE’s report is informing next steps decisions about the service and the Department expects to announce these shortly and to publish the report.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 62941 question first answered 09/02/2017 13:26:51 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

683392

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish Public Health England's review of the mandated health visiting service.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	62941
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving good health outcomes for children and young people. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning appropriate public health services for 0-5 year olds in their areas, including health visiting.</p><p> </p><p>Provision by local authorities of five universal health visitor reviews for children aged 0-5 was required by Regulations which came into force on 1 October 2015. The Department commissioned Public Health England (PHE) to undertake a review of the Regulations at 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>PHE has completed the review of the mandating of universal health visiting services. The review was informed by looking at existing national and local statistics on health visiting service delivery and health and wellbeing outcomes for young children. In addition, feedback from a number of different stakeholder perspectives, including health visitors, was sought.</p><p> </p><p>PHE’s report is informing next steps decisions about the service and the Department expects to announce these shortly and to publish the report.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood grouped question UIN 62939 question first answered 09/02/2017 13:26:51 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

622617

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors commissioned by local authorities since October 2015 are employed in non-NHS organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	50710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Health Visitor Minimum Data set collection, that was established in 2012 to collect statistics on the number of health visitors employed by National Health Service provider organisations as well as those employed by local authorities, or other care providers was approved for the duration of the national programme only and ceased at the end of September 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of health visitors are employed in NHS organisations. Health visitors are also employed by other providers including independent sector and local authority in house provision. From statistics published by NHS Digital, as at 30 September 2015, the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) health visitors directly employed in NHS organisations was 10,236 and the number of health visitors (FTE) employed by local authorities and/or other care providers was 518.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2015, NHS Digital began to collect and publish data on staff, including health visitors, in some independent sector healthcare organisations in England. This collection does not represent the entire workforce employed across the whole of the independent sector, nor does this data only show staff providing NHS commissioned services.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data, published in September 2016, showed, as at 31 March 2016 that there were 924 FTE health visitors in those independent sector organisations which provided data.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 50711 question first answered 01/11/2016 13:52:14 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

622618

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent health visitors were in post in September 2015 prior to transfer of commissioning to local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	50711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2016 answer text <p>The Health Visitor Minimum Data set collection, that was established in 2012 to collect statistics on the number of health visitors employed by National Health Service provider organisations as well as those employed by local authorities, or other care providers was approved for the duration of the national programme only and ceased at the end of September 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The vast majority of health visitors are employed in NHS organisations. Health visitors are also employed by other providers including independent sector and local authority in house provision. From statistics published by NHS Digital, as at 30 September 2015, the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) health visitors directly employed in NHS organisations was 10,236 and the number of health visitors (FTE) employed by local authorities and/or other care providers was 518.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2015, NHS Digital began to collect and publish data on staff, including health visitors, in some independent sector healthcare organisations in England. This collection does not represent the entire workforce employed across the whole of the independent sector, nor does this data only show staff providing NHS commissioned services.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available data, published in September 2016, showed, as at 31 March 2016 that there were 924 FTE health visitors in those independent sector organisations which provided data.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 50710 question first answered 01/11/2016 13:52:14 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1139449

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has in place to tackle the variation in the (a) quality of health visiting services and (b) delivery of the Health Child Programme among local authorities in England.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	277600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants children to get the best start in life, recognising the lasting impact this has on health outcomes and life chances. The Department is working in partnership with Public Health England, the National Health Service and Local Government Association to modernise the Healthy Child Programme, with an initial focus on the first 1,001 days and early years, to improve a range of childhood outcomes including early development and school readiness. Health visitors, with other professionals, have an essential role supporting babies and their families.</p><p>The Interim People Plan, published in June, sets out the vision for people who work in the NHS to enable them to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan. Within this are specific plans for supporting community nurses, through growing pre-registration clinical placement capacity, a clear emphasis on high-quality learning experiences being provided within community settings. There is also a clear commitment to work with partners to identify how to support growth in the community workforce including district nursing, general practice nursing, health visitors and school nursing.</p><p>A Specialist Community and Public Health Nurse apprenticeship (Level 7) is currently in development. This will offer an alternative route directly into the health visiting profession. There are also nursing apprenticeship pathways currently in place to become a Registered Nurse, following which an individual has the option to choose to complete a postgraduate course to go onto qualify as a health visitor.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 277601 277602 question first answered 25/07/2019 10:01:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1139450

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the deficit in trained health visitors.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	277601
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants children to get the best start in life, recognising the lasting impact this has on health outcomes and life chances. The Department is working in partnership with Public Health England, the National Health Service and Local Government Association to modernise the Healthy Child Programme, with an initial focus on the first 1,001 days and early years, to improve a range of childhood outcomes including early development and school readiness. Health visitors, with other professionals, have an essential role supporting babies and their families.</p><p>The Interim People Plan, published in June, sets out the vision for people who work in the NHS to enable them to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan. Within this are specific plans for supporting community nurses, through growing pre-registration clinical placement capacity, a clear emphasis on high-quality learning experiences being provided within community settings. There is also a clear commitment to work with partners to identify how to support growth in the community workforce including district nursing, general practice nursing, health visitors and school nursing.</p><p>A Specialist Community and Public Health Nurse apprenticeship (Level 7) is currently in development. This will offer an alternative route directly into the health visiting profession. There are also nursing apprenticeship pathways currently in place to become a Registered Nurse, following which an individual has the option to choose to complete a postgraduate course to go onto qualify as a health visitor.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 277600 277602 question first answered 25/07/2019 10:01:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1139451

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to measure the adequacy of the health visitor workforce to implement the Healthy Child Programme.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	277602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government wants children to get the best start in life, recognising the lasting impact this has on health outcomes and life chances. The Department is working in partnership with Public Health England, the National Health Service and Local Government Association to modernise the Healthy Child Programme, with an initial focus on the first 1,001 days and early years, to improve a range of childhood outcomes including early development and school readiness. Health visitors, with other professionals, have an essential role supporting babies and their families.</p><p>The Interim People Plan, published in June, sets out the vision for people who work in the NHS to enable them to deliver the NHS Long Term Plan. Within this are specific plans for supporting community nurses, through growing pre-registration clinical placement capacity, a clear emphasis on high-quality learning experiences being provided within community settings. There is also a clear commitment to work with partners to identify how to support growth in the community workforce including district nursing, general practice nursing, health visitors and school nursing.</p><p>A Specialist Community and Public Health Nurse apprenticeship (Level 7) is currently in development. This will offer an alternative route directly into the health visiting profession. There are also nursing apprenticeship pathways currently in place to become a Registered Nurse, following which an individual has the option to choose to complete a postgraduate course to go onto qualify as a health visitor.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 277600 277601 question first answered 25/07/2019 10:01:36 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1105877

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of eligible new parents received the recommended health visitor visits at (a) 28 weeks of pregnancy, (b) between ten days and two weeks after birth, (c) between six and eight weeks after birth, (d) between nine months and one year after birth and (e) between two years and two and a half years after birth, in each region of the UK, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	238392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of recommended health visitor visits carried out in the United Kingdom are not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>The health visitor service delivery metrics currently cover the antenatal contact, new birth visit, the six-eight week review, the 12-month review and the two-two and half year review and can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-and-maternal-health-statistics#health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-and-maternal-health-statistics#health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics</a></p><p> </p><p>The metrics do not indicate whether parents already have a child or are new parents.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 238393 question first answered 02/04/2019 16:12:33 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1105878

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of eligible parents of a second or subsequent child received the recommended health visitor visits at (a) 28 weeks of pregnancy, (b) between ten days and two weeks after birth, (c) between six and eight weeks after birth, (d) between nine months and one year after birth and (e) between two years and two and a half years after birth, in each region of the UK, in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	238393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>Data on the number of recommended health visitor visits carried out in the United Kingdom are not available in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p>The health visitor service delivery metrics currently cover the antenatal contact, new birth visit, the six-eight week review, the 12-month review and the two-two and half year review and can be viewed at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-and-maternal-health-statistics#health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-and-maternal-health-statistics#health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics</a></p><p> </p><p>The metrics do not indicate whether parents already have a child or are new parents.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 238392 question first answered 02/04/2019 16:12:33 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

92610

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget is being allocated to local authorities in the next five years to embed health visitor services in local areas.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	209949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>From 1 October 2015, the Government intends that local authorities take over responsibility from NHS England for commissioning of public health services for children aged 0-5. This includes health visiting services and Family Nurse Partnership targeted services for teenage mothers. Local authorities will receive funding for these new responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is aiming to set out 0-5 funding allocations later in the year. Work is on-going to determine how much money will transfer and commissioning costs will be considered as part of the overall approach. Funding in future years will be calculated in the light of the Government’s next spending review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Locally NHS England’s area teams and local authorities are working to develop plans, including timescales, for a smooth and effective transfer of the commissioning role. A programme of regional 0 to 5 years commissioning transfer events is underway, involving key stakeholders to enhance understanding of future working arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter grouped question UIN 209950 question first answered 17/10/2014 12:32:27 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

823676

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of health visitors.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	123130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Health visiting services have been developed to improve health outcomes for children and families and reduce inequalities. Since October 2015 local authorities have been responsible for the commissioning of these services for zero to five year olds and, as such, they determine the required numbers of health visitors to meet local needs.</p><p> </p><p>Over 800 new training places were made available in 2016/17 to continue to develop the health visitor workforce.</p><p> </p><p>We no longer hold data centrally on the number of health visitor posts there are in England, or the number of vacancies.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 123131 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:42:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

823677

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many health visitor positions there are in England; and how many of those positions are vacant.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	123131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Health visiting services have been developed to improve health outcomes for children and families and reduce inequalities. Since October 2015 local authorities have been responsible for the commissioning of these services for zero to five year olds and, as such, they determine the required numbers of health visitors to meet local needs.</p><p> </p><p>Over 800 new training places were made available in 2016/17 to continue to develop the health visitor workforce.</p><p> </p><p>We no longer hold data centrally on the number of health visitor posts there are in England, or the number of vacancies.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 123130 question first answered 24/01/2018 16:42:27 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

171151

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many additional full-time equivalent health visitors have been recruited since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	219068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Latest figures (September 2014) show there are 2,708 more full time equivalent health visitors than the May 2010 baseline, making a total of 10,800 full time equivalents.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 05/01/2015 15:48:10 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

178359

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have achieved their target of 4,200 extra health visitors by 2015.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Nye
	uin	HL4747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to growing the health visitor workforce by 4,200 full-time equivalents (FTEs) by April 2015, and transforming health visiting services to improve health outcomes and contribute to reducing health inequalities. The most recent management information (December 2014) published by NHS England estimates an indicative count of 11,310 FTE health visitors: some 3,218 more than the May 2010 baseline, representing an increase of 40% so far. In addition, there are approximately 1,036 health visitors who are due to complete training by the end of March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 13/02/2015 15:12:19 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4180 label Biography information for Baroness Nye

387046

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in raising the number of health visitors available to new mothers and improving the universal service offer by 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	5064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>The most recent official figures* for March 2015 show there are 12,077 health visitors in post, this is an increase of 3,985 health visitors since May 2010. In addition, over 1,000 health visitors were in training at the end of March 2015, who, if they complete their training, will be eligible to practise between September 2015 and February 2016. This significant expansion means the workforce is well-placed to deliver the Health Visitor Programme’s four level model, including the universal offer to new parents.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>*Published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/07/2015 13:09:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

418702

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were employed in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
	uin	10170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of full time equivalent health visitors employed in England at the mid-point in each year from 2011 to 2014, and the latest available figure in 2015. Data from 2012 onwards is taken from the Health Visitor Minimum Data Set (HV-MDS) which commenced in April 2012 and also includes data for health visitors employed by organisations that do not use Electronic Staff record (ESR) but do provide NHS-funded services, such as local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Full time equivalent figures are used as this is the most accurate measure of service capacity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>30 September 2011 <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>30 September 2012 <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>30 September 2013</p></td><td><p>30 September 2014</p></td><td><p>31 May 2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7,941</p></td><td><p>8,678</p></td><td><p>9,550</p></td><td><p>10,800</p></td><td><p>11,850</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Health and Social Care Information Centre NHS Hospital and Community health service monthly workforce statistics</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p>1. The data for 2011 covers only those health visitors on the ESR.</p><p> </p><p>2. The figure for September 2012 is different from the published figure due to a known over count (of 14).</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 17/09/2015 15:56:12 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

442972

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors there were in each month since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	21379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The attached table shows how many health visitors there were in each month in England from May 2010 to September 2015, which is the latest available figure from the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s monthly workforce statistics. Data from April 2012 onwards is taken from the Health Visitor Minimum Data Set and also includes numbers of health visitors employed by organisations that do not use the Electronic Staff Record but do provide NHS-funded services, such as local authorities.</p><br /><p>Full-time equivalent figures are used as this is the most accurate measure of service capacity.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 11/01/2016 16:05:25 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer attachment 1 file name PQ21379 Table.xlsx title Number of Health Visitors in England 2010-2015
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

516224

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on the (a) role of health visitors operating in designated children's centres and (b) ratio of health visitors to children under five years old.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
	uin	35883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities and commissioners of local health services have statutory duties to consider providing services through children’s centres. The ‘Sure Start children’s centres statutory guidance’*, provides guidance on what local authorities and commissioners of local health services should do when fulfilling their statutory responsibilities and includes guidance on the role of health visitors. In particular it states that, “Local authorities should consider how they can use their network of children’s centres to greatest effect through links with other services, including: through links to midwifery, general practitioners and, health visitors. As a minimum, it is expected that every children’s centre should have access to a named health visitor….” Neither the Department for Education nor the Department of Health has issued guidance relating to the ratio of health visitors to children under five years old.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* published by Department for Education, April 2013:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sure-start-childrens-centres</a></p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 09/05/2016 14:07:59 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

577530

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in the availability of health visiting services on patients receiving those services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
	tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
	uin	45506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to achieving good health outcomes for children and young people. Local authorities are responsible for commissioning appropriate services for 0-5 year olds in their areas, including health visiting. Public Health England monitors a range of outcomes for child health. This includes information provided by local authorities for health visiting services high impact actions such as reducing smoking in pregnancy and managing a healthy weight in 4-5 year olds. The majority of these show steady state of improvement[1].</p><p> </p><p>The Health Visitor Programme, which concluded in 2015, introduced a new service model for the profession to help develop improved access, user experience and outcomes, as well as reducing health inequalities. The Health Visitor programme also saw the workforce increase considerably enabling more families to be reached. Professional groups indicate the service model has provided increased awareness of the service by users and a better structured delivery.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>[1] Chimat Early Years Profiles</p><p><a href="http://atlas.chimat.org.uk/IAS/dataviews/report/fullpage?viewId=433&amp;reportId=482&amp;geoId=17&amp;geoReportId=4494&amp;select=EN" target="_blank">http://atlas.chimat.org.uk/IAS/dataviews/report/fullpage?viewId=433&amp;reportId=482&amp;geoId=17&amp;geoReportId=4494&amp;select=EN</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/09/2016 12:00:20 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

578698

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to conduct a review to assess the public health effect of the reduction in the number of health visitor posts in England.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	45665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>Public Health England monitors a range of outcomes for child health. This includes information provided by local authorities for health visiting services high impact actions. The Early Years High Impact Areas were developed to support the transition of commissioning to local authorities and to help inform decisions around the commissioning of the health visiting service and integrated children’s early years services. The High Impact Areas focus on key areas where health visitors have a significant impact on health and wellbeing and improving outcomes for children, families and communities.</p><p> </p><p>The six High Impact Areas are:</p><p>1. Transition to parenthood and the early weeks</p><p>2. Maternal mental health</p><p>3. Breast feeding</p><p>4. Healthy weight including physical activity</p><p>5. Managing minor illness and reducing accidents</p><p>6. Health and wellbeing at two years</p><p> </p><p>The majority of the related indicators are stable or improving.</p><p> </p><p>The indicators collected by local authorities to make up the Early Years Profile are based on the High Impact Areas. The latest indicator data for England is available to view here:</p><p><a href="http://atlas.chimat.org.uk/IAS/dataviews/report/fullpage?viewId=433&amp;reportId=482&amp;geoId=17&amp;geoReportId=4494&amp;select=EN" target="_blank">http://atlas.chimat.org.uk/IAS/dataviews/report/fullpage?viewId=433&amp;reportId=482&amp;geoId=17&amp;geoReportId=4494&amp;select=EN</a></p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 13/09/2016 16:10:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

582031

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were employed in (a) Liverpool and (b) England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	46005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2016 answer text <p>NHS Digital provides information on the number of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff employed in the National Health Service in England.</p><p>The following table shows the number of full time equivalent health visitors directly employed in NHS organisations in Liverpool and England between May 2010 and May 2016.</p><p>The table does not include data for health visitors employed by organisations such as local authorities that do not use the Electronic Staff Record but do provide NHS-funded services.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/09/2016 14:29:48 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne attachment 1 file name PQ46005 health visitors table.xlsx title PQ46005 health visitors table
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

595763

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were employed in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Southport
	tabling member printed	John Pugh
	uin	46922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of full time equivalent health visitors employed in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England in each of the last three years.</p><p>Full time equivalent figures are used as this is the most accurate measure of service capacity.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>30 June 2014</p></td><td><p>30 June 2015</p></td><td><p>30 June 2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8,887</p></td><td><p>10,042</p></td><td><p>9,491</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: NHS Digital NHS Hospital and Community Health Service monthly workforce statistics</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 17/10/2016 10:17:36 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

605938

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent health visitors were employed in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	49402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent health visitors employed in National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England in each of the last six years. Data for July 2016 will be published by NHS Digital on 25 October 2016.</p><p> </p><p>As at 30 June each year full-time equivalent</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7,643</p></td><td><p>7,393</p></td><td><p>8,084</p></td><td><p>8,887</p></td><td><p>10,042</p></td><td><p>9,491</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital NHS Hospital and Community Health Service monthly workforce statistics</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 24/10/2016 12:54:05 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

62930

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, columns 571W, on health visitors, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential change in the number of health visitors working with children as a result of the transfer of funding for health visitors from the NHS to local authorities in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	201582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department, NHS England, Public Health England and the Local Government Association are working closely together to develop a clear process to ensure the smooth and safe transfer of commissioning 0 to 5 years public health services, (including health visitor service), from the National Health Service to local authorities. In particular, the Department has established a Task and Finish Group to develop a comprehensive transfer plan comprising the key workstreams involved in the transfer.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE), in its December 2013 publication, <em>Investing in People for Health and Healthcare: Workforce Plan for England Proposed Education and Training Commissions for 2014/15</em> , has set out its approach to training health visitors in the longer term, stating: “The job of HEE this year and in future years is to maintain the Health Visitor workforce at these new historically high levels.”</p><p> </p><p>At the national level, the Children's Health and Wellbeing Partnership will provide national leadership on specific challenges, (such as the transition of the 0–5 service), by bringing together key national partners, so they can jointly contribute to ongoing improvement of outcomes for children and young people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/06/2014 14:00:06 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name PQ201582 - Hansard Extract.docx title Hansard Extract
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

62947

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what change there has been in the number of health visitors employed since the start of the Health Visitor Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	201567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to growing by April 2015, the health visitor workforce and transforming health visiting services to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities.</p><p> </p><p>The latest health visiting workforce data* (for February 2014) shows the total number of health visitors nationally is 10,267 full time equivalents.</p><p> </p><p>This are 2,175 more health visitors compared to the May 2010 baseline of 8,092.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* published on 21 May 2014 by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. The next data publication for March 2014 will be on 24 June 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 24/06/2014 14:25:03 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

687064

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full time equivalent health visitors there were in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local authority in (i) May 2015 and (ii) the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	63586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>Health visitors are employed by a range of organisations, including National Health Service trusts, clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), local authorities and private providers. Current data collections do not cover the complete range of these organisations. As a result, it is not possible to provide accurate data on the total size of the health visitor workforce.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital’s NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics capture the total number of health visitors directly employed in NHS trusts and CCGs in England and by Health Education England region.</p><p>NHS Digital used to collect data on health visitors employed by local authorities and other organisations through the Health Visitors National Minimum Dataset however this collection ceased at the end of September 2015.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 24/02/2017 10:11:59 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

687069

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of children receive an assessment of their development by health visitors (a) after birth, (b) at six to eight weeks, (c) at one year old and (d) between two and two and a half years old in (i) England, (ii) each region and (iii) each local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	63578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>This information is not available in the requested format. Information available from the Health Visitors Service Delivery Metrics can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://www.chimat.org.uk/transfer" target="_blank">http://www.chimat.org.uk/transfer</a></p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 20/02/2017 11:57:31 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

711474

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were employed in NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England in 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	68118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes information on the number of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff employed in the National Health Service in England each month.</p><p> </p><p>As at September 2010, there were 7,849 full-time equivalent health visitors working in the NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 20/03/2017 17:07:31 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

722250

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors have been working in the NHS in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	71215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes information on the number of nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff employed in the National Health Service in England each month.</p><p> </p><p>The December data is the most recent data available. The information is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics – number of health visitors as at December 2012-16, full-time equivalent</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>December-2012</p></td><td><p>December-2013</p></td><td><p>December-2014</p></td><td><p>December-2015</p></td><td><p>December-2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7,986</p></td><td><p>8,553</p></td><td><p>9,639</p></td><td><p>10,212</p></td><td><p>9,278</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source:</em> NHS Digital</p><p><em>Note:</em> Health Visitors are employed by a range of organisations, including NHS trusts, clinical commissioning groups, local authorities and private providers. Current data collections do not cover the complete range of these organisations. As a result, it is not possible to provide accurate data on the total size of the health visitor workforce.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 26/04/2017 09:54:37 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

746175

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve the rates of coverage and activity for health visitors in (a) the Wirral and (b) England.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	1890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>From 1 October 2015, local authorities (LAs) took over responsibility for commissioning public health services for children aged 0-5 from NHS England. Whilst Public Health England (PHE) collects data on coverage, LAs are responsible for local delivery which includes coverage and activity.</p><p> </p><p>In 2010 the Government committed to growing the health visitor workforce and transforming health visiting services to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities. Since 2010, around 7,500 health visitor training places have been commissioned representing a fivefold increase in the number of health visitor trainees starting training and allowing greater access to services and support for families.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and PHE have produced guidance to support both commissioners and local providers including Guidance to support the commissioning of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19: Health Visiting and School Nursing services. The materials are based on evidence and good practice. PHE and the Department continue to work with the Local Government Association, professional bodies, and locally through PHE Centres to share evidence and guidance that allows LAs to make the best decisions to meet local needs.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 03/07/2017 13:29:51 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

755856

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the (a) size of health visitors' caseloads and (b) duration of each home visit undertaken by health visitors.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	7477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>No national guidelines exist for size of health visitor caseloads and duration of home visits as these will vary considerably over time and location in order to meet local circumstances, complexity of intervention and the needs of each individual family. With this requirement for flexibility, it is, therefore, very difficult to identify trends and no national data is held to enable an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/09/2017 14:52:48 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765289

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to increase the number of health visitors.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	105479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2017 answer text <p>Since October 2015, local authorities have been responsible for the commissioning of services for zero to five year olds and as such, they determine the required numbers of health visitors based upon local needs.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/10/2017 13:21:48 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

776155

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the future role of health visiting including reference to the alleviation of poverty for the new-born population.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	109200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made on this. Health visitors do provide support to families most in need through signposting them to schemes and organisations that can assist their needs, for example families on low income will be signposted towards the Healthy Start Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 31/10/2017 11:47:41 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

776157

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on the future role of health visitors.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	109198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p><strong></strong>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health regularly meets with stakeholders to discuss a variety of topics.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 31/10/2017 11:46:09 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

778165

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) number and (b) proportion of children in each region have received each of the health visitor checks in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	109939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS England has published the percentages of children receiving health visitor checks for 2013/14 and 2014/15 data at:</p><p><a href="http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/health-visitors/health-visitors-service-delivery-metrics/" target="_blank">www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/health-visitors/health-visitors-service-delivery-metrics/</a></p><p>No published data is held prior to April 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England (PHE) now collects the data, which is submitted by local authorities on a voluntary basis. Data for 2015/16 can be found at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20170302101209/http://www.chimat.org.uk/transfer#3" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20170302101209/http://www.chimat.org.uk/transfer#3</a></p><p>And data for 2016/17 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-and-maternal-health-statistics#health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-and-maternal-health-statistics#health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics.</a></p><p>A change in methodology means that the data from PHE and NHS England are not comparable.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 03/11/2017 11:30:56 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

778166

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors there have been in each region in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	109958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the following table shows full time equivalent (FTE) qualified health visitors working in the National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups in England from 31 July 2012 to 31 July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Current data collections do not cover the complete range of these organisations. As a result, it is not possible to provide accurate data on the total size of the health visitor workforce.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Qualified Health Visitors working in each region as at 31 July each specified year (FTE).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Health visitors (FTE)</p></td><td><p>July 2012</p></td><td><p>July 2013</p></td><td><p>July 2014</p></td><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>July 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education East Midlands</p></td><td><p>612</p></td><td><p>684</p></td><td><p>734</p></td><td><p>816</p></td><td><p>778</p></td><td><p>732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education East of England</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>644</p></td><td><p>763</p></td><td><p>732</p></td><td><p>630</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>467</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>545</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education North Central and East London</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>435</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>649</p></td><td><p>634</p></td><td><p>543</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education North East</p></td><td><p>574</p></td><td><p>644</p></td><td><p>664</p></td><td><p>650</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education North West</p></td><td><p>1,355</p></td><td><p>1,431</p></td><td><p>1,560</p></td><td><p>1,701</p></td><td><p>1,736</p></td><td><p>1,632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education North West London</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>493</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education South London</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education South West</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>557</p></td><td><p>528</p></td><td><p>624</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p>324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education Wessex</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>377</p></td><td><p>439</p></td><td><p>519</p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>481</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education West Midlands</p></td><td><p>856</p></td><td><p>947</p></td><td><p>1,129</p></td><td><p>1,265</p></td><td><p>1,198</p></td><td><p>1,067</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>879</p></td><td><p>943</p></td><td><p>909</p></td><td><p>983</p></td><td><p>1,106</p></td><td><p>927</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Digital monthly HCHS workforce statistics</p><p>Note:</p><p>Health visitors may be employed by NHS provider organisations, but may also be employed directly by local authorities, or other care providers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 03/11/2017 11:35:06 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

79487

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the 4,200 extra health visitors they are seeking to recruit by 2015 they expect (1) to work in the National Health Service, and (2) to complete training on identifying the signs of postnatal depression.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
	uin	HL1386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2014 answer text <p>The additional 4,200 health visitors will all be providing front line services to families. Health visitor services are currently commissioned by NHS England as part of Section 7A of the NHS Act 2006*. NHS England’s Local Area Teams determine the most suitable local service provider. Currently, most provision is through a variety of National Health Service organisations, with a small proportion delivered by other organisations, including social enterprises. The trajectory for delivering growth of the health visitor workforce is not related to the type of provider. All services are based on a national model of health visiting and the NHS England service specification.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England Area Teams and local authorities are working together in co-commissioning these services, prior to the lead commissioning role moving to local authorities in October 2015.</p><p> </p><p>All health visitors, including the additional 4,200 being delivered by 2015, receive education and training on maternal mental health, so they can detect the early signs of postnatal depression and ensure all women get support during and after birth.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS England 2014-15 service specification emphasises throughout, the role of the health visitor in promoting maternal mental health within clearly defined pathways. It makes clear that health visitors are expected to be trained and developed to be competent in delivering the evidence-based assessments and interventions set out in the Healthy Child Programme. In addition, NHS England is resourcing Area Teams to support delivery of the new model of health visiting which explicitly includes maternal mental health as a high impact area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To supplement core training, health visitors are able to enhance their skills and knowledge in the context of their specific roles. The Department has earlier this year, commissioned the training of 375 perinatal mental health champions across England. The champions are cascading their training in local areas so as to facilitate the spread of knowledge and practice among colleagues. In addition to the champions’ training, all health visitors are able to access perinatal mental health e-learning modules.</p><p> </p><p><em>Note:</em></p><p> </p><p>*As amended by the Health and Social Care Act 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/08/2014 10:25:39 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison

802803

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time equivalent health visitors work in each local authority area, and how many such visitors there were before responsibility was transferred from the Department of Health.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	118341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 12/12/2017 17:00:05 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

804278

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has commissioned research into potential changes in the effectiveness of health visitors and health visiting since the relocation of those services into his Department's responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	118482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>Since 1 October 2015 local authorities have had responsibility for the commissioning of public health services for children aged zero to five (including health visitor services).</p><p> </p><p>The Department commissioned Public Health England to undertake two reviews focused on the transfer of health visiting services to local authority control: a review of the mandated elements of service, and a programme benefits realisation review.</p><p> </p><p>The Review of mandated services demonstrated widespread support to continue mandating the provision of health visitor reviews to families, to ensure that all families are given support at critical times and those families needing more help are identified and early interventions put in place. The report on the review of mandation for the universal health visiting service can be viewed at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-health-visiting-service-mandation-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/universal-health-visiting-service-mandation-review</a></p><p> </p><p>The Benefits Realisation Review demonstrated statistically significant improvements in access, parent reported experience, a number of child health outcomes and a contribution to addressing inequalities. This report was sent directly to local authorities; a copy is attached.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 19/12/2017 17:45:22 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price attachment 1 file name PHE Benefits Realisation Report.pdf title PHE report
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

90108

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish timescales and guidance on how local authorities and clinical commissioning groups should work together to meet their respective duties in relation to the provision of health visitors.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	207793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>From 1 October 2015, the Government intends that local authorities take over responsibility from NHS England, for commissioning public health services for children aged 0-5, including health visiting services.</p><p>The Department is working collaboratively with its partners locally and nationally on the transfer of commissioning responsibilities. At local level, NHS England’s area teams, as the local commissioners (not clinical commissioning groups), and local authorities are working to develop plans, including timescales, for a smooth and effective transfer of the commissioning role.</p><p>The Government will mandate the delivery of the key child assessment elements of the Health Child Programme which are led by health visitors, healthcare professionals and their teams. This will allow for the service to be shaped locally, whilst ensuring there is universal coverage of the assessments in the context of a national, standard format (or specification) for the services, and hence that families can be confident they will receive health visiting support.</p><p>The Department and its partners use a range of measures that support this transition and convey associated timescales and guidance. In particular, the service specification, “Public Health Functions to be exercised by NHS England”, published in November 2013, sets out expectations for the commissioning and provision of services and how area teams can work with local authorities ahead of the transfer of commissioning responsibilities in 2015.</p><p>Other mechanisms such as the forthcoming programme of regional 0 to 5 years commissioning transfer events, organised in conjunction with the Local Government Association, provide the means for local staff and key stakeholders to further develop their understanding of working together in respect of future arrangements for the provision of health visitor services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 04/09/2014 13:43:23 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1028521

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of health visitors (a) in England, (b) regionally and (c) in each local authority area in each year since September 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	203898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics for England. These include only staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers. Some other organisations also provide health visiting services, so the data held by the Department only reflects part of the picture on overall health visitor numbers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the full time equivalent (FTE) figures for health visitors for England and for each Health Education England region as at 30 September in the specified years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>8,100</p></td><td><p>7,849</p></td><td><p>7,802</p></td><td><p>7,687</p></td><td><p>8,304</p></td><td><p>9,162</p></td><td><p>10,236</p></td><td><p>9,521</p></td><td><p>8,497</p></td><td><p>7,884</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>615</p></td><td><p>631</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>685</p></td><td><p>741</p></td><td><p>826</p></td><td><p>791</p></td><td><p>742</p></td><td><p>619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>784</p></td><td><p>778</p></td><td><p>698</p></td><td><p>522</p></td><td><p>594</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>777</p></td><td><p>744</p></td><td><p>663</p></td><td><p>628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>553</p></td><td><p>518</p></td><td><p>507</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>469</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>671</p></td><td><p>635</p></td><td><p>562</p></td><td><p>519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Central and East London</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>403</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>433</p></td><td><p>553</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>630</p></td><td><p>443</p></td><td><p>427</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>501</p></td><td><p>571</p></td><td><p>596</p></td><td><p>659</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>672</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1,386</p></td><td><p>1,329</p></td><td><p>1,317</p></td><td><p>1,414</p></td><td><p>1,463</p></td><td><p>1,602</p></td><td><p>1,793</p></td><td><p>1,733</p></td><td><p>1,674</p></td><td><p>1,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West London</p></td><td><p>298</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>511</p></td><td><p>506</p></td><td><p>498</p></td><td><p>510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South London</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p>434</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>361</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>458</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>663</p></td><td><p>663</p></td><td><p>599</p></td><td><p>452</p></td><td><p>599</p></td><td><p>565</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>307</p></td><td><p>348</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>347</p></td><td><p>389</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>457</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>489</p></td><td><p>446</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>889</p></td><td><p>872</p></td><td><p>895</p></td><td><p>918</p></td><td><p>1,039</p></td><td><p>1,197</p></td><td><p>1,287</p></td><td><p>1,237</p></td><td><p>1,091</p></td><td><p>1,027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>929</p></td><td><p>867</p></td><td><p>898</p></td><td><p>908</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>953</p></td><td><p>1,009</p></td><td><p>1,113</p></td><td><p>929</p></td><td><p>1,041</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital began to collect and publish data on staff, including health visitors, in some English independent sector healthcare organisations, from September 2015. These statistics are collected biannually and published as experimental statistics. The following table shows the FTE figures of health visitors employed by Independent Healthcare Providers in England who provide valid data, as at 30 September each year since 2015 and the latest data available:</p><p /><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>957</p></td><td><p>1,132</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>1,187</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Independent Healthcare Provider Workforce Statistics, England, March 2018, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Information is not held centrally on number of health visitors in each local authority area.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 10/01/2019 14:03:56 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1050212

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many health visitors were employed in (a) Wirral, (b) the Liverpool City Region and (c) England in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	213243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics for England. These include only staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers. Some other organisations also provide health visiting services, so the data held by the Department only reflects a section of the overall health visitor numbers.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the full time equivalent (FTE) figures for health visitors for England, Liverpool City Region and Wirral as at 30 September in the specified years and the latest data available:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>31 October 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>9,162</p></td><td><p>10,236</p></td><td><p>9,521</p></td><td><p>8,497</p></td><td><p>7,884</p></td><td><p>7,845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool City Region</p></td><td><p>526</p></td><td><p>579</p></td><td><p>715</p></td><td><p>708</p></td><td><p>679</p></td><td><p>675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>215</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS HCHS monthly workforce statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital began to collect and publish data on staff, including health visitors, in some English independent sector healthcare organisations, from September 2015. These statistics are collected biannually and published as experimental statistics. The following table shows the FTE figures of health visitors employed by independent healthcare providers in England who provide valid data, as at 30 September each year since 2015 and the latest data available:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>31 March 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>957</p></td><td><p>1,132</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>1,187</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Independent Healthcare Provider Workforce Statistics, England, March 2018, NHS Digital. Trends here may partly reflect which providers NHS Digital gets data from.</p><p> </p><p>Information is not held centrally on number of health visitors in each local authority area.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 05/02/2019 17:29:31 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1131658

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made about the effectiveness of delivery of Early Years and Health Visiting Services since the transfer of those services from NHS to local authority commissioning; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
	uin	263792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>Following a review led by the Department, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has confirmed that local authorities will continue to commission sexual health, school nurses and health visitors. The review found that local authorities take an active and efficient approach to commissioning services and recognised the steps that local authorities have taken to improve and modernise the services they commission. The review recommended that the National Health Service work much more closely with local authorities on public health so that commissioning is more joined-up and prevention is embedded into a wider range of health services. The Department will be seeking views in the forthcoming Prevention Green Paper about how action can be taken forward.</p><p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced the outcome at the Jephcott Lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine on Thursday 6 June 2019.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 21/06/2019 10:34:16 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

1150052

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reverse the fall in the number of health visitors.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Since October 2015, local authorities have been responsible for the commissioning of services for zero to five-year olds and as such, they determine the required numbers of health visitors based upon local needs.</p><p> </p><p>A Specialist Community and Public Health Nurse apprenticeship (Level 7) is currently in development. This will offer an alternative route directly into the health visiting profession. There are also nursing apprenticeship pathways currently in place to become a Registered Nurse, following which an individual has the option to choose to complete a postgraduate course to go onto qualify as a health visitor.</p><p> </p><p>The interim People Plan, published in June 2019, sets out the vision for people who work in the National Health Service to enable them to deliver the long-term plan. There is also clear commitment to work with partners to identify how to support growth in the community workforce including district nursing, general practice nursing, health visitors and school nursing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 21/10/2019 16:52:39 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1151449

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of health visitors in England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	3796
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The data is not available in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/10/2019 17:46:56 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1151451

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of trends in the level of health visitors in England on children's health.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	3797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>Health visiting is an essential part of broader early years family support. The number of health visitors employed by National Health Service organisations reported through Electronic Staff Records shows reduction, but this is not a complete picture of the workforce as this goes not include social enterprises, private sector organisations or local authorities. It is the responsibility of local authorities to determine how the programme is provided to their communities based upon local needs.</p><p>Data on mandated health visitor reviews shows national coverage remains above those achieved in 2015. However, there is variation at a local level. Data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics-2018-to-2019</a></p><p>Progress against health and wellbeing outcomes for the zero to five years population, and inequalities in these outcomes, is published in Early Years Profiles at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles/data#page/1/gid/1938133223/pat/6/par/E12000001/ati/102/are/E06000005" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles/data#page/1/gid/1938133223/pat/6/par/E12000001/ati/102/are/E06000005</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 30/10/2019 17:51:23 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1156123

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the average number of health visitors per income quintile of the population in England in each of the most recent five years for which data are available.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	4927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 29/10/2019 17:41:20 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1251585

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2020
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Health Visitors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of (a) children and (b) children on child in need or child protection plans have received (i) remote and (ii) face to face contact with a health visitor for (A) antenatal, (B) new birth visit, (C) six to eight week review, (D) 12 month development review and (E) two and a half year review purposes, since 23 March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	114763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>Health visitor service delivery metrics are collected and published on a quarterly basis by Public Health England. The latest figures relate to October to December 2019, the statistics relate to all children resident in a local area, characteristics of the child such as if they are on child in need or child protection plans are not recorded. Annual data for 2019/20 will be published in February 2021. The delivery metrics are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/health-visitor-service-delivery-metrics-2019-to-2020</a></p><p>No timescales for national data collection from local areas for 2020/21 activity have been established. Virtual contacts will be counted as valid, mandated service delivery for data for 2020/21 during the period of the pandemic response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 27/11/2020 10:10:38 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton