Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to ensure that health visitors work with safe caseloads in the context of trends in the number of health visitors.

It is the responsibility of local authority commissioners, with their service providers, to determine health visitor numbers based upon local needs. To support, we have also published employer guidance, including information on caseload management which is available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/686922/PH_nursing_workforce_guidance_for_employers_and_employees.pdf