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Health Visitors: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of health visitors in England.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
22 Apr 2026
Answer
27 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 20 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase the number of health visitors in England.

  2. 22 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The child health workforce, including health visiting teams, is central to how we support families to give their children the best start in life. Health visitors’ contact with parents, carers, and children of all ages is a source of vital advice and suppo...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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