Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many health visitors are employed by the NHS in (a) West Sussex and (b) Mid Sussex.

Nicola Blackwood, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Innovation: NThe number of health visitors employed by National Health Service trusts serving West Sussex and Mid Sussex at 31 December 2016 are shown in the following table.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Service workforce statistics – number of health visitors in Sussex as at December 2016, full-time equivalent

Source: NHS Digital

Note: Health Visitors are employed by a range of organisations, including NHS trusts, clinical commissioning groups, local authorities and private providers. Current data collections do not cover the complete range of these organisations. As a result, it is not possible to provide accurate data on the total size of the health visitor workforce.

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