Midwives
(asked on 15th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS midwives there were in England, broken down by age, (1) in the latest year for which figures are available, and (2) ten years earlier.
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups, but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the headcount number of midwives employed by the National Health Service in England, by five-year age band as at 30 September for the years specified. Comparisons between these data sets is not possible due to changes in headcount methodology.
2008 | 2018 | |
All midwives | 23,659 | 25,866 |
Of which: |
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Under 25 | 640 | 1,242 |
25 to 29 | 2,187 | 3,437 |
30 to 34 | 2,401 | 3,372 |
35 to 39 | 2,968 | 3,367 |
40 to 44 | 4,787 | 2,990 |
45 to 49 | 4,757 | 3,137 |
50 to 54 | 3,313 | 4,225 |
55 to 59 | 1,798 | 2,846 |
60 to 64 | 717 | 1,079 |
65 and over | 91 | 171 |
Source: NHS HCHS workforce statistics, NHS Digital