Midwives: Training

(asked on 8th June 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student midwives there were in each of the last two years for which figures are available.


Answered by
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Ben Gummer
This question was answered on 16th June 2015

The following table includes the estimated number of student midwives (degree and diploma courses) for the period 2013-2014. The estimate is based on the number of starters on at training programme and a known attrition rate.

Year

Number of student midwives

2013

6,405

2014

6,567

Source: Health Education England

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