Midwives: Vacancies

(asked on 17th March 2026) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what the current level of midwife vacancies is nationally.


Answered by
Baroness Merron Portrait
Baroness Merron
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 30th March 2026

While NHS England collects information on the current level of midwife vacancies from National Health Service provider trusts, this information has not been centrally validated.

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