Somerset NHS Foundation Trust: Maternity Services
(asked on 21st February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many maternity support staff were employed by the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in each of the last five years.
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent maternity support staff for the last three years working at the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
| October 2020 | October 2021 | October 2022 |
Maternity support staff | 59 | 45 | 55 |
Source: NHS England Workforce Statistics 2022
Maternity support staff have been defined as all support staff that work in a ‘maternity services’ and ‘neonatal nursing’ care setting. This includes nursing associates, nursery nurses, nursing assistants/auxiliaries, healthcare assistants and support workers.
Due to the merger of Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust with Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in 2020 consistent data can only be given from that point onwards.