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Written question asked by Paul Truswell (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 December 2008. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 January 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Midwives

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many full-time equivalent midwife agency staff have been employed at (a) Leeds General Infirmary and (b) St. James's Hospital in each month of the last two years;
Answer

The information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the number of qualified midwives and bank staff in the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust as at 30 September each specified year.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS trust
Full-time equivalent
Midwives Of which: bank
2005 309 —
2006 220 5
2007 287 5
Notes: 1. The figures above reflect data as published each year. However, 2006 data needs to be treated with caution. During the validation process for the 2007 NHS workforce census, Leeds Teaching Hospitals reported that its registered midwives for 2006 should have been 267 and not 215 (excluding bank) as submitted at the time. 2. Full time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number. 3. Data Quality: Workforce statistics are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data. Processing methods and procedures are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where this happens, any impact on figures already published will be assessed but unless this is significant at national level they will not be changed. Where there is impact only at detailed or local level this will be footnoted in relevant analyses. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
486 c824-5W; 245667
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Leeds Midwives Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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