Health Visitors: Staffordshire
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to health visitors for families in a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and b) Staffordshire.
Answered by Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Families in England must receive at least five health visits, with additional support provided according to need. Health visiting service delivery data is available, and published annually, for upper tiers of local government, such as the Staffordshire County Council, but not lower tiers, such as the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council.
The relevant dataset and statistical commentary for Staffordshire is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/health-visitor-service-delivery-data-for-2024-to-2025
In line with the Government’s commitment to strengthening health visiting, we have recently refreshed the guidance for the Healthy Child Programme, which specifies requirements for health visiting services, to promote national consistency in service delivery. We are working closely with regional colleagues to support the implementation of this guidance across the country.
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