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<p>Since April 2013, local authorities have held responsibility for commissioning
public health services for school-aged children. These services may be commissioned
from a range of providers both inside and outside of the National Health Service.
NHS England publishes monthly workforce data which includes information on the number
of school nurses directly employed by NHS trusts and other core NHS organisations
in England. This data will not represent the total number of school nurses delivering
local authority commissioned services, as it will excludes places where services are
commissioned outside of the NHS. It is not possible to identify the specific service
or programme that these staff are working within.</p><p>While data is not available
at a local authority level, the following table shows full-time equivalent (FTE) school
nurses working within NHS trusts and other core organisations in England by Government
Office Region, as of November 2023:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Government Office
Region</p></td><td><p>FTE School Nurses</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East
of England</p></td><td><p>161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>325</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North
East</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
East</p></td><td><p>291</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>207</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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