The number of health visitors employed by each primary care trust is outlined in the following table.
Headcount Full-time equivalent England 11,569 9,056 North East Strategic Health Authority area 698 575 County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust RXP 2 1 County Durham PCT 5ND 130 109 Darlington PCT 5J9 28 21 Gateshead PCT 5KF 47 40 Hartlepool PCT 5D9 15 13 Middlesbrough PCT 5KM 19 18 Newcastle PCT 5D7 86 69 North Tees PCT 5E1 41 37 North Tyneside PCT 5D8 63 51 Northumberland Care Trust TAC 112 83 Redcar and Cleveland PCT 5QR 31 27 South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust RE9 0 0 South Tyneside PCT 5KG 46 39 Sunderland Teaching PCT 5KL 78 68 North West Strategic Health Authority area 1,897 1,516 Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 5HG 104 82 Blackburn with Darwen PCT 5CC 53 44 Blackpool PCT 5HP 54 48 Bolton PCT 5HQ 80 67 Bury PCT 5JX 46 40 Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 5NP 97 68 Central Lancashire PCT 5NG 115 96 Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust RW3 4 3 Cumbria PCT 5NE 111 87 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust RXR 3 2 East Lancashire PCT 5NH 107 89 Halton and St. Helens PCT 5NM 64 49 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 5NQ 61 54 Knowsley PCT 5J4 69 59 Lancashire Care NHS Trust RW5 0 0 Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust RXN 2 2 Liverpool PCT 5NL 108 93 Manchester PCT 5NT 138 116 North Lancashire PCT 5NF 61 49 Oldham PCT 5J5 60 50 Salford PCT 5F5 59 46 Sefton PCT 5NJ 66 53 Stockport NHS Trust RWJ 2 2 Stockport PCT 5F7 99 61 Tameside and Glossop PCT 5LH 75 58 Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust RM4 6 5 Trafford PCT 5NR 56 44 Warrington PCT 5J2 45 34 West Cheshire PCT 5NN 63 47 Wirral PCT 5NK 89 67 Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority area 1,301 1,022 Barnsley PCT 5JE 52 44 Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT 5NY 158 123 Bradford District Care Trust TAD 0 0 Calderdale PCT 5J6 65 48 Doncaster PCT 5N5 92 74 East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 5NW 70 56 Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust RCD 1 0 Hull Teaching PCT 5NX 78 65 Humber Mental Health Teaching NHS Trust RV9 3 3 Kirklees PCT 5N2 77 64 Leeds PCT 5N1 166 131 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust RR8 1 1 North East Lincolnshire PCT 5AN 43 36 North Lincolnshire PCT 5EF 44 37 North Yorkshire and York PCT 5NV 168 123 Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust RJL 0 0 Rotherham PCT 5H8 66 54 Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Trust RCU 1 1 Sheffield PCT 5N4 126 92 Wakefield District PCT 5N3 90 72 East Midlands Strategic Health Authority area 925 716 Bassetlaw PCT 5ET 23 16 Derby City PCT 5N7 61 45 Derbyshire County PCT 5N6 177 139 Leicester City Teaching PCT 5PC 85 69 Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 5PA 104 76 Lincolnshire Teaching PCT 5N9 135 107 Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust RNS 4 3 Northamptonshire Teaching PCT 5PD 133 108 Nottingham City PCT 5EM 83 63 Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT 5N8 120 91 West Midlands Strategic Health Authority area 1,269 994 Birmingham East and North PCT 5PG 110 77 Coventry Teaching PCT 5MD 52 37 Dudley PCT 5PE 67 50 Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 5MX 80 72 Herefordshire PCT 5CN 32 25 North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust RLY 1 1 North Staffordshire PCT 5PH 48 39 Sandwell PCT 5PF 72 64 Shropshire County PCT 5M2 58 46 Solihull Care Trust TAM 68 49 South Birmingham PCT 5M1 63 53 South Staffordshire Healthcare NHS Trust RRE 3 2 South Staffordshire PCT 5PK 141 107 Stoke on Trent Teaching PCT 5PJ 70 57 Telford and Wrekin PCT 5MK 42 31 Walsall Teaching PCT 5M3 52 47 Warwickshire PCT 5PM 108 78 Wolverhampton City PCT 5MV 62 48 Worcestershire PCT 5PL 140 108 East of England Strategic Health Authority area 1,095 847 Bedfordshire PCT 5P2 84 66 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust RT1 1 1 Cambridgeshire PCT 5PP 77 61 East and North Hertfordshire PCT 5P3 103 75 East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust RWH 9 7 Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust RDE 4 3 Great Yarmouth and Waveny Teaching PCT 5PR 48 39 Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust RWR 0 0 James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust RGP 1 1 Luton PCT 5GC 34 29 Mid Essex PCT 5PX 60 46 Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust RM1 1 1 Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust RMY 1 1 Norfolk PCT 5PQ 129 106 North East Essex PCT 5PW 47 39 Peterborough PCT 5PN 53 41 South East Essex PCT 5P1 73 63 South West Essex Teaching PCT SPY 92 73 Suffolk PCT 5PT 103 71 West Essex PCT 5PV 50 38 West Hertfordshire PCT 5P4 125 89 London Strategic Health Authority area 1,613 1,335 Barking and Dagenham PCT 5C2 36 30 Barnet PCT 5A9 31 23 Bexley Care Trust TAK 52 40 Brent Teaching PCT 5K5 48 43 Bromley PCT 5A7 88 59 Camden PCT 5K7 27 22 City and Hackney PCT 5C3 49 40 Croydon PCT 5K9 71 57 Ealing PCT 5HX 67 57 Enfield PCT 5C1 50 41 Great Ormond Street Hospital For Sick Children NHS Trust RP4 0 0 Greenwich Teaching PCT 5A8 57 49 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 5H1 59 48 Haringey Teaching PCT 5C9 46 38 Harrow PCT 5K6 41 31 Havering PCT 5A4 41 33 Hillingdon PCT 5AT 57 40 Hounslow PCT 5HY 31 27 Islington PCT 5K8 35 32 Kensington and Chelsea PCT 5LA 37 28 Kingston Hospital NHS Trust RAX 1 1 Kingston PCT 5A5 30 23 Lambeth PCT 5LD 40 39 Lewisham PCT 5LF 79 68 Newham PCT 5C5 46 42 North East London Mental Health NHS Trust RAT 1 1 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust RV8 4 4 Redbridge PCT 5NA 36 32 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 5M6 42 35 Southwark PCT 5LE 82 73 St. Mary’s NHS Trust RJ5 1 1 Sutton and Merton PCT 5M7 105 81 Tower Hamlets PCT 5C4 53 49 Waltham Forest PCT 5NC 45 37 Wandsworth PCT 5LG 60 52 Westminster PCT 5LC 65 57 South East Coast Strategic Health Authority area 778 583 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 5P7 72 53 Eastern and Coastal Kent Teaching PCT 5QA 146 112 Hastings and Rother PCT 5P8 40 33 Medway NHS Trust RPA 1 1 Medway PCT 5L3 65 53 South Downs Health NHS Trust RDR 81 57 Surrey PCT 5P5 179 131 West Kent PCT 5P9 49 39 West Sussex Teaching PCT 5P6 145 105 South Central Strategic Health Authority area 856 626 Berkshire East Teaching PCT 5QG 94 66 Berkshire West PCT 5QF 109 75 Buckinghamshire PCT 5QD 106 82 Hampshire PCT 5QC 217 158 Isle of Wight Healthcare PCT 5QT 16 13 Milton Keynes PCT 5CQ 64 53 Oxfordshire PCT 5QE 149 109 Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 5FE 53 36 Southampton City PCT 5L1 48 34 South West Strategic Health Authority area 1,137 843 Bath and North East Somerset PCT 5FL 46 33 Bournemouth and Poole PCT 5QN 73 53 Bristol Teaching PCT 5QJ 122 89 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT 5QP 107 87 Devon Partnership NHS Trust RWV 2 1 Devon PCT 5QQ 125 97 Dorset PCT 5QM 91 64 Gloucestershire PCT 5QH 129 98 North Somerset PCT 5M8 38 28 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust RK9 3 2 Plymouth Teaching PCT 5F1 65 47 Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust RDZ 1 1 Somerset PCT 5QL 112 83 South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust RA9 2 1 South Gloucestershire PCT 5A3 55 38 Swindon PCT 5K3 43 36 Torbay Care Trust TAL 26 20 Weston Area Health NHS Trust RA3 2 2 Wiltshire PCT 5QK 95 65 Note: Full-time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce Census.
The number of health visitors employed by the NHS from 1997 to 2007 is shown in the following table.
Headcount Full-time equivalent 1997 12,410 10,025 1998 12,572 10,068 1999 12,800 10,161 2000 12,827 10,046 2001 13,053 10,186 2002 12,774 9,912 2003 12,984 9,999 2004 13,303 10,137 2005 12,818 9,809 20061 12,034 9,376 2007 11,569 9,056 1 More accurate validation in 2006 has resulted in 232 headcount duplicate records being identified and removed from the non-medical census. Source: NHS Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census.
A table showing the number of health visitors employed under each organisational code from 2005 to 2007 has been placed in the Library.