Health Visitor Posts

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asked Her Majesty's Government:

(a) what is the number of whole-time equivalent health visitor posts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland;

(b) of these, how many have had their caseloads temporarily closed because of (i) staff recruiting problems and (ii) vacant posts left unfilled to reduce costs; and

(c) which health authorities provide for vacant health visitor caseloads to be covered by staff employed on a temporary basis (full or part-time) for this purpose.

asked Her Majesty's Government:What is the number of NHS nursing staff in the following categories attached to chest clinics and/or working closely with consultant physicians in the identification, treatment and after care of people suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis—

(a) Registered general nurses with no other relevant nursing qualification;

(b)Registered general nurses without the health visitor's certificate but with another relevant nursing qualification;

(c)Registered general nurses with the health visitor's certificate.

The number of health visitors in post at 30th September 1986 for England, Wales and Northern Ireland is given in the table:

NHS Health Visitor Staff in post at 30th September 1986 (Whole time equivalents)
England	10,430
Wales	610
Northern Ireland	470

I regret that the other information requested is not available centrally.

Volume 491: debated on Thursday 14 January 1988