Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 8
8
Acknowledged
Decimated health visitor workforce threatens government ambition for children's early life outcomes.
Conclusion
The Government will fail to deliver on its ambition to give every child the best start in life unless it takes urgent action to rebuild the health visitor workforce, which has been decimated over the last 10 years. (Conclusion, Paragraph 55)
Government response summary AI-generated
The government acknowledges the concern about the health visitor workforce and explains that the 10-Year Workforce Plan, due in spring 2026, will address all relevant staff groups, including health visitors, through a clear roadmap covering recruitment, training, and retention. It also states that overall workforce growth will slow, and precise future numbers will not be set.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 22 April 2026. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗