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Healthy Start Scheme: Stroud

Answer

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) operates the Healthy Start scheme on behalf of the Department. Monthly figures for the number of people on the digital Healthy Start scheme are published on the NHS Healthy Start website, which is available at the following link:

https://www.healthystart.nhs.uk/healthcare-professionals/

The NHSBSA does not hold data on the number of families receiving Healthy Start, but it does hold data on the number of people receiving health start. The number of people on the scheme receiving Healthy Start in February 2025 for Stroud is 356.

The NHSBSA does not currently hold data on the number of people who are eligible for the scheme. An issue was identified with the Healthy Start source data that is used to calculate the uptake of the NHS Healthy Start scheme. The NHSBSA removed data for the number of people eligible for the scheme and the uptake percentage from January 2023 onwards.

The issue has only affected the data on the number of people eligible for the scheme. It has not prevented anyone from joining the scheme or continuing to access the scheme, if they are eligible.

The following table shows the number of people on the scheme for all three wards in Liverpool West, as of February 2025:

Ward	Number of people on the digital scheme
West Derby Deysbrook	36
West Derby Leyfield	16
West Derby Muirhead	20

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

41155

Session

2024-26

Grouped for answer

Yes

Subjects

Stroud Healthy start scheme

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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