Health written question – answered at on 20 February 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what date he estimates midwife numbers will have risen to meet his commitment to recruit 3,000 new midwives.
There was no commitment to increase midwife numbers in the coalition agreement.
We are committed to giving mothers the support and care they need throughout their pregnancy, birth and after birth. Safety and high quality care for mothers are at the heart of maternity services.
We have increased the number of midwives in training to almost 2,500 but need further analysis to find out how many midwives are heeded on a national level to meet the current and future demand.
We have asked the Centre for Workforce Intelligence to analyse the future work force needed across the whole of the maternity team, not just midwives.
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