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<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>
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