Midwives: Age and Nationality

(asked on 4th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the age profile is of NHS midwives; and how many NHS midwives in each age category are (a) UK nationals, (b) nationals of an EU member state, (c) nationals of other states and (d) midwives for whom nationality is not recorded.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 10th March 2021

NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care, general practice surgeries, local authorities or other providers.

The following table shows the age profile and nationality of National Health Service midwives by age band and nationality group, in NHS trusts and CCGs in England, as at 30 November 2020, headcount.

Age band

United Kingdom

European Union

European Economic Area

Rest of world

Unknown

Under 25 years old

1,811

56

2

6

20

25 to 34 years old

6,980

561

3

44

97

35 to 44 years old

6,193

329

4

108

172

45 to 54 years old

5,739

202

4

172

258

55 to 64 years old

3,934

141

-

105

195

65 years old and over

233

19

-

22

8

As nationality is self-reported the value entered by an individual may reflect their cultural heritage rather than their country of birth. Therefore, these figures do not necessarily equate to migrants from other countries.

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