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Midwives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives started working in the NHS in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 May 2026
Target answer date
20 May 2026
Answer
21 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives started working in the NHS in each of the last five years.

  2. 20 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 21 May 2026

    Answer published

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

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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