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Midwives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives were working in the NHS in England at the most-recent point for which figures are available; how many of those qualified (a) in the UK and (b) outside of the UK, by country; and w

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
8 Jul 2025
Target answer date
10 Jul 2025
Answer
18 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives were working in the NHS in England at the most-recent point for which figures are available; how many of those qualified (a) in the UK and (b) outside of the UK, by country; and w

  2. 10 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    NHS England publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics for England. This covers staff working for hospital trusts and in integrated care in England. This data is drawn from the Electronic Staff Record, the human resources system...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Medical Treatments: Gaza

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Medical Treatments: Gaza

29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to expand the medical evacuation of Gazan children scheme.

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Mental Health Services: Standards

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Mental Health Services: Veterans

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Fractures: Health Services

20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to publish an implementation plan to ensure that each Integrated Care Board commissions a Fracture Liaison Service.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospitals: Standards

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospitals: Standards

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cancer: Health Services

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Software

29 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will ensure that (a) universal lay terminology is used in the NHS app and (b) there is signposting to Lab Tests Online UK to enable patients to interpret their diagnostic results correctly.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health Professions: Training

25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many individual applicants applied for specialty training places across all 65 medical specialties; and how many training places were available in 2025.