Health Visiting & School Nursing
Delivery of the Healthy Child Programme for under-5s (health visiting) and 5-19s (school nursing) — core of the public health commissioned workforce. 180 UK councils have discussed health visiting & school nursing in monitored meetings — track who, where and how the conversation is moving.
What councils are saying about health visiting & school nursing
Health Visiting & School Nursing is one of the procurement themes QuorumInsight tracks across UK local government, detected in 569 meeting mentions spanning 180 councils. Every mention comes from an analysed council meeting — a cabinet decision, a committee discussion or a budget report — so this is a picture of what councils are actually planning and debating, not a directory of published tenders.
Discussion has been rising quarter-on-quarter: there were 140 mentions in the last three months, against 99 in the three months before. For suppliers, that matters because activity in a council meeting typically precedes any formal procurement by months. Reading it early is the difference between shaping a requirement and responding to one. Health Visiting & School Nursing sits within the broader health & public health category.
Mentions over the last 12 months
Monthly health visiting & school nursing mentions across all monitored UK councils, by meeting date. The current month is excluded while it is still in progress.
Most active councils
Camden London Borough Council in London is the most active authority on health visiting & school nursing, with 19 mentions across 19 monitored meetings — around 3% of all health visiting & school nursing discussion QuorumInsight has tracked. The council returned to the subject as recently as its “Heat, Safeguarding & Care” meeting on 15 Sept 2026.
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (17 mentions) and Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (15) are also notably active. The full list of leading councils is below — each links to its live intelligence profile.
| Council | Region | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Camden London Borough Council | London | 19 |
| Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council | West Midlands | 17 |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | North West | 15 |
| Slough Borough Council | South East | 15 |
| Dorset Council | South West | 11 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire Council | Yorkshire and the Humber | 11 |
| Lincolnshire County Council | East Midlands | 10 |
| Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council | Yorkshire and the Humber | 9 |
| Somerset Council | South West | 9 |
| Cambridgeshire County Council | East of England | 9 |
| City of York Council | Yorkshire and the Humber | 9 |
| Lichfield District Council | West Midlands | 9 |
In councils’ own words
Recent meetings where health visiting & school nursing came up, with the relevant passage from the discussion. Each meeting links to the council’s intelligence profile.
Kent County Council · Care and Budget Pressures · 1 Oct 2026
“the percentage of mandated health and well-being reviews delivered by the health visiting service”
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · Urgent Care and Youth Health · 30 Sept 2026
“our school nursing service”
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council · Health Strategy and Investment · 29 Sept 2026
“our health visiting services and indeed our family hub staff on healthy pregnancy”
East Riding of Yorkshire Council · Child Diabetes Prevention · 29 Sept 2026
“We have four full-time equivalent school nurses for the whole of the East Riding and it's just not enough.”
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council · Activity & Immunisation Plans · 24 Sept 2026
“using our health visiting team”
Kent County Council · Care Commissioning & Contracts · 24 Sept 2026
“excellent performance for our health visiting service”
Related topics in health & public health
- Public Health Services · 314 councils
- 0-19 Healthy Child Programme · 196 councils
- Drug & Alcohol Services · 167 councils
- Sexual Health Services · 76 councils
- Coroner & Mortuary Services · 22 councils
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