Healthy Start Scheme
(asked on 14th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the uptake was of the Healthy Start scheme in each of the last 10 years.
The NHS Business Services Authority operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Monthly uptake figures for the Healthy Start scheme are available at the following link:
https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/healthcare-professionals/
The following table shows the average yearly uptake of the Healthy Start scheme in the last ten financial years:
Financial Year | Uptake |
2013/2014 | 76.60% |
2014/2015 | 75.20% |
2015/2016 | 73.00% |
2016/2017 | 69.50% |
2017/2018 | 67.10% |
2018/2019 | 66.70% |
2019/2020 | 54.80% |
2020/2021 | 51.00% |
2021/2022 | 59.40% |
2022/2023 | 63.30% |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority
Note: For the financial year 2022/23 the uptake percentage shown is representative of the average from January to March 2023 only.