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Maternity Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of maternity services not recruiting newly qualified midwives on patient safety, continuity of care and overall costs.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
1 Jul 2026
Target answer date
7 Jul 2026
Answer
9 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 1 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of maternity services not recruiting newly qualified midwives on patient safety, continuity of care and overall costs.

  2. 7 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    We are aware of the difficulties newly qualified midwives are experiencing in securing employment in the National Health Service. NHS England actively monitors future nursing and midwifery student numbers, current vacancies, and staff turnover and is taki...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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