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<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>
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