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 training places for student midwives were commissioned 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 provides the number of planned midwifery training places for the period 2014-15 to 2015-16 as per the Health Education England workforce plans.

Year

Planned Commissions

2014-15

2,563

2015-16

2,605

Source: Health Education England workforce plan(s) for England 2014-15 and 2015-16

The table includes students enrolled on the degree and 18 month diploma courses.

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