The Impact of Covid-19 on Health Visiting Teams in Devon County Council

Regarding how Covid-19 has affected your health visiting teams for Devon County Council since September 2020:

1. Have you redeployed any health visiting staff between 1st September and 31st March?

 No.

2. If Q1 is yes, what was the start date of redeployment? (The date on which the first staff member left their post for redeployment between 1st September and 31st March.) Please indicate in your response if redeployment was ongoing from before September.

N/A.

3. If Q1 is yes, what was the end date of redeployment? (The date on which the last staff member returned to their post from redeployment between 1st September and 31st March.)

 N/A.

4. If Q1 is yes, what was the maximum number of full time equivalent (FTE) health visitors (both with and without caseload) that were redeployed because of COVID-19 between:
a. 1st September and 7th October[1] 2020?

b. 8th October and 31st December 2020?

c. 1st January and 31st March 2021?

N/A.

5. If Q1 is yes, what was the maximum number of FTE clinical staff working in health visiting teams (who are NOT coded as health visitors) (both with and without caseload) that were redeployed because of COVID-19 between:
a. 1st September and 7th October 2020?

b. 8th October and 31st December 2020?

c. 1st January and 31st March 2021?

 N/A.

Regarding your health visiting teams for Devon County Council on 1st February 2021:

6. How many FTE* health visitors were employed in your health visiting teams? (Both with and without caseload). Please provide this information broken down by NHS pay band.

 Band 6 FTE 59.57

7. How many FTE health visitors with caseload were employed in your health visiting teams? Please provide this information broken down by NHS pay band.

Band 6 FTE 59.57

8. How many FTE clinical staff (who are NOT coded as health visitors) were employed in your health visiting teams? (Both with and without caseload). Please provide this information broken down by NHS pay band.

 Band 5 FTE 4.6

Band 4 FTE 35.34

9. How many FTE clinical staff (who are NOT coded as health visitors) with caseload were employed in your health visiting teams? Please provide this information broken down by NHS pay band.

Zero.

10. What was the total number of children under 5 years of age that your health visiting teams were responsible for?

 The total cohort of 0 – 4 year olds was 36,774.

The attached table includes more information.

 * FTE stands for Full Time Equivalent.