The health visiting workforce within the area - Find a freedom of information request

This request pertains to the health visiting workforce within the area covered by your local authority, which is listed among the upper-tier and unitary authorities receiving Public Health Grant allocations for 2025 to 2026.

1. Do you currently commission a health visiting service?

Please select which of the following best describes your current health visiting contract provider:

NHS trust

Charity

Local authority

Community Interest Company

Private healthcare provider

Other [please state]

2. How many full-time equivalent (FTE) clinical staff in total, and on each Agenda for Change Band (if this or equivalent framework is used) [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8c] were employed in your health visiting service in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

3. How many FTE SCPHN qualified health visitors at each of the following bands:  6, 7, 8 were employed in your health visiting service in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

4. For each Band (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 8b, 8c) please state the percentage of health visiting service staff on: temporary (agency), temporary (employed), fixed term, permanent contacts in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

5. What was the total number of children under 5 years of age that your health visiting service was responsible for in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024?

[If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

6. What was the average caseload per SCPHN qualified FTE health visitor in your area in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

7. What was the SCPHN qualified health visitor (Band 6) FTE vacancy rate in your health visiting service in: March 2025; September 2024, March 2024? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

8. Which mandated health visiting contacts in your area are currently carried out only by qualified SCPHN health visitors? (select all that apply: antenatal, New Birth Visit, 6 week check, 1 year review and 2 year review)

9. Is your health visiting service currently [in April 2025] employing any SCPHN student health visitors ? Yes/No, if Yes how many? [If you do not have data for these specific months, please provide the most recent full workforce data that you have]

10. Is your health visiting service planning to employ the SCPHN student Health Visitors upon completion of their training (Yes/No) If yes, how many? 

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

1. Local Authority

2. We are LA banding. March 25 clinical staff, so front line

HV G10 = 53.77

HV G9 = 14.27

Nurses G8 = 15.09

Family Health Workers G5 = 32.41FTE

September 24

HV G10 = 51.27

HV G9 = 11.27

Also 1 HV on NHS 6

Nurses G8 11.27

Family Health Workers G5 =32.41FTE

March 24

HV G10 = 59.65

HV G9 9.27

Also 2.6 HV on NHS 6

Nurse G8 = 15.09

Family Health Workers G5 = 30.37

3. March 25 G12 = 4

G11 = 16

G10 = 55.59

G9 = 16.27

September 24

G12 = 4

G11 = 17

HV G10 = 51.27

HV G9 = 11.27

Also 1 HV on NHS 6

March 24

G12 = 4

G11 = 16

HV G10 = 59.65

HV G9 9.27

Also 2.6 HV on NHS 6

4. March 25

September 24

5.

34,261 for 31/03/2024

33,959 for 30/09/2024

33,624 for 31/03/2025

6. PLEASE NOTE we do not have individual HV caseload for universal children beyond the 6–8-week check, the caseloads are corporate, so are team based. Skill mix is utilised to deliver the mandated universal contacts at 8-12 and 2-2.5 year contacts. It is only individual work and cases that are held individually, so caseloads are much lower than is represented here based on how you are asking for this data. Therefore this is not an accurate way to capture what is an accurate caseload for staff.

34,261 for 31/03/2024 = 477

33,959 for 30/09/2024 = 534

33,624 for 31/03/2025 = 470

7. March 2025 19.92FTE (9 of these are saved for the students below)

Sept 2024, 17.99FTE (9 of these are saved for the students below) March 2024 not available

8. AN, PBV, 6-8wk universal and targeted and then targeted only for 1 year and 2 year although we do use some nurse skill mix to do these targeted but they have to be triaged and delegated by a SCPHN.

9. Yes - 9 due to qualify in Sept 25

10. Yes - They all have a post held for them when they qualify, so all 9 will take up G9 posts in September 25.