Question follow-through · 26765
Gynaecology: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the shortage of gynaecologists and obstetricians in the NHS.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 14 Sept 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the shortage of gynaecologists and obstetricians in the NHS.
4 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Sept 2026
Answer published
We have a record number of midwives working in the National Health Service this year, with over 600 more than a year ago. We are also investing £10.6 million in an additional 1,000 temporary roles to help newly qualified midwives join the NHS. The Governm...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Gynaecology and Obstetrics: Staff
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her department has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the recommendations and workforce requirements identified by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gyna
Gynaecology and Obstetrics: Staff
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the number of additional obstetricians and gynaecologists required in England to provide safe and sustainable 24-hour maternity services; and what proportio
North Devon District Hospital: Gynaecology and Obstetrics
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the number of substantive consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists required at North Devon District Hospital to provide a sustainable 24-hour consultan
Gynaecology and Obstetrics: Recruitment
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what additional national incentives are available to NHS trusts to recruit and retain consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists in remote rural and coastal areas; and what assessment she has made
Gynaecology and Obstetrics: Staff
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the difference in (a) vacancy rates, (b) time taken to recruit, (c) staff turnover and (d) locum expenditure for consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist
Maternity Services: Databases
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to establish a national system for recording temporary suspensions, diversions or closures of maternity and intrapartum services arising from staffing shortages.
Gynaecology and Obstetrics: Staff
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department plans to require NHS trusts to report the number of unfilled obstetric and gynaecology rota shifts centrally to NHS England.
Gynaecology and Obstetrics: Labour Turnover
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what analysis she has undertaken of the reasons why trained obstetricians and gynaecologists leave NHS employment before retirement age; and what proportion of those leaving in each of the last fiv
Gynaecology and Obstetrics: Doctors
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of doctors completing higher specialty training in obstetrics and gynaecology in each of the last five years remain employed by the NHS five years after completing training.
Maternity Services: Devon
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the additional travel time incurred by pregnant women transferred from North Devon District Hospital to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital for intrapartum
Maternity Services: Devon
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate her Department has made of the additional ambulance and transport capacity required in Devon as a consequence of the temporary suspension of births at North Devon District Hospital.