Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
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.
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.