Health Visitors
In a written question to the Health Secretary, Charles Walker questions the number of health visitors employed by the NHS.
Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole-time equivalent health visitors were employed by the NHS in each year since 1996; and if she will make a statement. [120930]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 19 February 2007]: The table shows the number of full-time equivalent health visitors since 1996. There has been an increase in the headcount number of health visitors since 1997 of 408 (3 per cent.) and there has been significant growth in the overall number of nurses working in primary and community care settings in both 2004-05 of 3,389 (3.3 per cent.) and since 1997 of 28,504 (36.9 per cent.).
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Full-time equivalent number of health visitors 1996 to 2005 |
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Full-time equivalent |
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1996 |
10,132 |
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1997 |
10,025 |
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1998 |
10,068 |
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1999 |
10,161 |
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2000 |
10,046 |
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2001 |
10,186 |
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2002 |
9,912 |
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2003 |
9,999 |
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2004 |
10,137 |
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2005 |
9,809 |
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