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1686037

registered interest
date	30/01/2024
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 she is taking to (a) tackle shortages of health visitors and (b) help ensure that they are resourced to support parents of children with mental health challenges.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	12141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>In 2023/24, local authorities in England received £3.53 billion from the Government to fund public health services. This includes health visits and school nurse services for delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, through the Public Health Grant. As a part of the programme, health visitors undertake holistic assessments in partnership with families, which includes assessment of maternal mental health and infant mental health needs. These assessments cover the parents’ capacity to meet their infant’s needs, the impact and influence of wider family and community, and environmental circumstances. Working with families, health visitors identify the most appropriate level of support and intervention. This includes resources for health visitors to use in supporting families with mental health challenges experienced by both children and parents. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan aims for an increase in health visitor training places by 17% by 2028 and by 73% by 2031. The programmes schedule of interventions is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/pathways-healthy-child/" target="_blank">https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/pathways-healthy-child/</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/02/2024 11:35:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1670370

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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 have worked in the NHS on average in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	2165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The information is based on the monthly National Health Service workforce statistics published by NHS England available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics</a></p><p>The data includes staff employed by NHS trusts and other core NHS organisations and will therefore exclude staff directly employed by primary care, general practitioner surgeries, local authorities, and other providers such as community interest companies and private providers.</p><p>Local authorities have been responsible for commissioning health visiting services since 2015. These services may be commissioned from NHS trusts as well as other providers.</p><p>We do not hold staffing information for non-NHS providers.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 20/11/2023 17:46:25 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1670391

registered interest
date	15/11/2023
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, whether her Department holds data on the number of health visits carried out per local authority in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	2167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2023 answer text <p>Since 2015, when commissioning was moved to local authorities, the Department has annually published statistics on the number of mandatory visits delivering the Healthy Child Programme by health visitors. Health visitors also deliver non-mandated visits, but we do not routinely collect or publish these numbers. <br> <br> Published data at local authority level for each financial year since 2016/17 is available at the following link: <br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-and-maternal-health-statistics#health-visitor-service-delivery" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/child-and-maternal-health-statistics#health-visitor-service-delivery</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/11/2023 13:26:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 2084 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1659822

registered interest
date	11/09/2023
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, if he will make an estimate of the total number of visits by health visitors that took place in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	198962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2023 answer text <p>Since 2015, when commissioning was moved to local authorities, the Department has annually published statistics on the number of mandatory visits delivering the Healthy Child Programme by Health Visitors. Data on additional visits is only available for 2019/20. Visit statistics are not available prior to 2015. The information is shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 14/09/2023 16:09:50 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince attachment 1 file name TABLE FOR MINISTERIAL CLEARANCE - PQ198962 Attachment - HV data (1).docx title Attachment
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1650035

registered interest
date	04/07/2023
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, if he will take steps to ensure that (a) the number of health visitors and (b) caseloads for health visitors return to 2015 levels.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	192373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authority commissioners, working with their service provider, to determine health visitor numbers based upon local needs. The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out the steps the NHS and its partners need to take to deliver a workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. As part of this ambition, we aim to expand health visiting training places by 74% to over 1,300 by 2031/32. To support working towards this expansion, training places for health visitors will grow by 17% by 2028/29.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 07/07/2023 09:17:43 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1588105

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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 of the number of health visitors that are required to operate a safe and effective service for parents; and whether he is taking steps to integrate the findings of that assessment into the NHS workforce plan.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	150544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. It is the responsibility of local authority commissioners, with their service providers, to determine health visitor numbers based upon local needs. The Government has committed to publish an NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan this year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/02/2023 13:20:10 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1587882

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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, whether he is taking steps to ensure that health visitors work with safe caseloads in the context of trends in the number of health visitors.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	149617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authority commissioners, with their service providers, to determine health visitor numbers based upon local needs. To support, we have also published employer guidance, including information on caseload management which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/686922/PH_nursing_workforce_guidance_for_employers_and_employees.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/686922/PH_nursing_workforce_guidance_for_employers_and_employees.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 27/02/2023 10:36:05 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 57515 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1587888

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the number of Health Visitors on (a) health and wellbeing outcomes for children under the age of five and (b) parenting skills and confidence in those skills among parents of children under the age of five.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	149618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. Health visitors have an important role supporting child health, wellbeing, and parenting confidence, alongside other professionals such as community staff nurses and nursery nurses and other health services. Data on service coverage and child health outcomes are published to support local commissioning processes, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles" target="_blank">https://fingertips.phe.org.uk/profile/child-health-profiles</a></p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 27/02/2023 10:44:40 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien previous answer version 57516 answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1582846

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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 of the implications for his policies of changes in the number of health visitors since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	137877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>Local authority commissioners, working with their service provider, determine health visitor numbers based on needs of the local population.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/02/2023 16:24:37 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1582848

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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 to increase the number of health visitors.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	137878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authority commissioners, working with their service provider, to determine health visitor numbers based upon local needs.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 06/02/2023 16:26:55 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell