Question follow-through · 34614
Midwives: Self-employed
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support self-employed midwives.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to support self-employed midwives.
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Mar 2025
Answer published
Independent midwives make a valuable contribution to midwifery services across the country. As they are not employed by the National Health Service, we do not have any influence over their pay or terms and conditions, or how they access learning, developm...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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