Child Care Co-ordinators

HC Deb 19 September 2002 vol 390 c388W

Mr. Heald

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS trusts have a child care co-ordinator. [68284]

Mr. Hutton

[holding answer 10 July 2002]: There are at least eighty National Health Service child care co-ordinators in post throughout the NHS, and recruitment is continuing. Childcare co-ordinators may cover one trust, a number of trusts, or the whole local health economy, including the primary care trusts. We expect that by April 2003, all NHS staff will have access to the services of a childcare co-ordinator to offer support and advice to parents working in the NHS.