The Department does not collect this information.
Data about lapsed registered health visiting qualifications in England are held by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Strategic health authorities in partnership with the Department are considering currently the feasibility of developing a Return to Practice programme for their areas.
The numbers are given in the following table.
headcount and percentage headcount All staff Male Female Unknown % Male % Female 1997 12,410 140 12,270 0 1.1 98.9 1998 12,572 164 12,071 337 1.3 98.7 1999 12,800 189 12,260 351 1.5 98.5 2000 12,827 185 12,179 463 1.5 98.5 2001 13,053 180 12,310 563 1.4 98.6 2002 12,774 165 12,149 460 1.3 98.7 2003 12,984 151 12,309 524 1.2 98.8 2004 13,303 173 12,517 613 1.4 98.6 2005 12,818 173 12,191 454 1.4 98.6 2006 12,034 176 11,507 351 1.5 98.5 2007 11,569 139 11,140 290 1.2 98.8 2008 11,190 127 10,704 359 1.2 98.8 Note: Percentages are based on the numbers of staff whose gender is known. The gender of bank staff is not collected. Source: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce census.
The numbers are given in the following table.
Old ethnic codes White Black Asian Other Unknown 1997 9,802 535 155 443 1,475 1998 10,184 601 178 278 1,331 1999 10,511 624 208 268 1,216 2000 10,511 624 208 268 1,216 2001 6,754 391 147 134 512 2002 3,929 154 49 79 317 2003 2,381 149 32 38 112 2004 348 14 5 4 13 2005 214 80 4 5 10 2006 108 29 7 1 16 20072 32 14 7 0 8 2008 23 11 4 0 4
White Mixed Asian or Asian British Black or black British Chinese Other Unknown Total ethnic minority groups1(%) All groups 1997 — — — — — — — 10.4 12,410 1998 — — — — — — — 9.4 12,572 1999 — — — — — — — 10.2 12,800 2000 — — — — — — — 9.5 12,827 2001 3,750 16 53 224 28 45 999 9.0% 13,053 2002 6,390 41 157 339 53 48 1,218 8.2% 12,774 2003 8,229 55 119 467 64 57 1,281 8.5% 12,984 2004 10,680 75 170 699 79 86 1,130 9.3% 13,303 2005 10,579 72 170 685 76 74 849 9.7% 12,818 2006 10,027 81 164 705 73 70 753 10.0% 12,034 20072 9,449 70 169 983 71 59 707 12.6% 11,569 2008 9,156 68 178 728 68 57 893 10.8% 11,190 1 "Unknown" includes unstated and unrecorded ethnic group. The ethnic group of all bank staff is not recorded. 2 We are aware of the apparent increase in the numbers of black/black British health visitors in 2007 then subsequent decrease in 2008. We have analysed this data from a number of different perspectives and have concluded that there is not a single cause for this. Data is now extracted from Electronic Staff Record and this has improved on data quality from previous years. Percentages are calculated on the numbers of staff whose ethnic group is known. Source: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce census.
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The Department does not hold information down to the level of health visitor students. Higher Education Statistics Agency information on the number of students who qualified from nursing courses, the category within which health visitor students are included, has been provided as an alternative.
The proportion of nursing students who became qualified is not available.