Health Visitors
(asked on 14th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors were employed in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
The table below shows the number of full time equivalent health visitors employed in England at the mid-point in each year from 2011 to 2014, and the latest available figure in 2015. Data from 2012 onwards is taken from the Health Visitor Minimum Data Set (HV-MDS) which commenced in April 2012 and also includes data for health visitors employed by organisations that do not use Electronic Staff record (ESR) but do provide NHS-funded services, such as local authorities.
Full time equivalent figures are used as this is the most accurate measure of service capacity.
30 September 2011 1 | 30 September 2012 2 | 30 September 2013 | 30 September 2014 | 31 May 2015 |
7,941 | 8,678 | 9,550 | 10,800 | 11,850 |
Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre NHS Hospital and Community health service monthly workforce statistics
Notes:
1. The data for 2011 covers only those health visitors on the ESR.
2. The figure for September 2012 is different from the published figure due to a known over count (of 14).