Healthy Start Scheme
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds data on the proportion of eligible people that have not enrolled in the Healthy Start scheme in (a) Gorton and Denton constituency and (b) England.
Answered by Ashley Dalton
The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Monthly figures for the number of people on the digital Healthy Start scheme are published on the NHS Healthy Start website, at the following link:
https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/healthcare-professionals/
The NHSBSA does not hold data on local constituencies, although it does hold data on the local authorities within which the Gorton and Denton constituency sits. Therefore, the following table shows the number of people on the digital scheme, as of 23 May 2025, in the Manchester and Tameside local authorities:
Local authority | Number of people on the digital scheme |
Manchester | 5,383 |
Tameside | 1,858 |
In addition, the following table shows the number of people on the digital scheme, as of 23 May 2025, in England:
Country | Number of people on the digital scheme |
England | 328,685 |
The NHSBSA does not currently hold the data on the number of people eligible for Healthy Start or the proportion of eligible people who have not enrolled.
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