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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

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

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