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Midwives: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of midwife training with respect to (a) pay and (b) conditions and (i) the impact to the profession and (ii) the care that expectant parents recei
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of midwife training with respect to (a) pay and (b) conditions and (i) the impact to the profession and (ii) the care that expectant parents recei
5 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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10 Mar 2025
Answer published
In addition to the student loans system, there is supplementary financial support available from the Department to midwifery students through the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF). The LSF provides eligible midwifery students with a non-repayable training g...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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