Midwives

(asked on 5th January 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2023 to Question 4873 on Midwives, how many and what proportion of NHS midwives are (a) UK nationals, (b) nationals of an EU member state, (c) nationals of other states and (d) of an unknown nationality in each age category.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 15th January 2024

The attached table shows detailed information on the headcount of midwives split by specified nationality groups and age band, in National Health Service trusts and other core organisations in England, between 30 September 2013 to 30 September 2023.

All staff within NHS trusts and commissioning bodies provide a self-reported nationality which is recorded on the Electronic Staff Record system. This may reflect an individual’s cultural heritage rather than their country of birth, with some individuals choosing not to specify it.

This data includes staff working in hospital trusts and other core organisations, but excludes staff working in general practitioner surgeries, local authorities, and other providers.

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