Midwives

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 18 April 2018.

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Photo of Jon Ashworth Jon Ashworth Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to increase the number of midwives working in the NHS over the next five years.

Photo of Steve Barclay Steve Barclay Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State recently announced that the Department is planning an increase in National Health Service midwives and maternity support staff with 650 new training places for midwives in 2019 – a 25% increase. We will continue to work with the universities and the NHS to create even more training places in subsequent years to increase the midwifery workforce.

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