Question follow-through · 23897
Hereditary Diseases: Midwives and Nurses
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 22100 on Genetics: Diseases, how many additional (a) midwives and (b) close relative neonatal nurses were provided for the Genetic Risk Equity p
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 28 Feb 2025 · 45 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 22100 on Genetics: Diseases, how many additional (a) midwives and (b) close relative neonatal nurses were provided for the Genetic Risk Equity p
17 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Feb 2025
Answer published
There were an additional 3.8 working time equivalent (WTE) midwives and 1 WTE neonatal nurse in post in 2024/25. Staff costs represented 22% of project costs, or 59% if full recruitment to funded posts was secured.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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