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Written question asked by Owen Paterson (Conservative) on Monday, 29 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 April 2010. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 April 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Midwives: Shropshire

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwives have been employed by Shropshire NHS Trust in each year since 1997.
Answer

The information is not available in the format requested. The number of registered midwives employed by the Shrewsbury and Telford hospitals NHS trust in each year since 1997 has been set out in the following table:

NHS hospital and community health services: Registered midwives in the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust, as at 30 September each year
Headcount
1997 194
1998 208
1999 210
2000 209
2001 209
2002 225
2003 237
2004 232
2005 249
2006 228
2007 234
2008 236
2009 217
Notes: 1. Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust was formed in 2003 from a complete merger of Princess Royal Hospital NHS Trust and Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust. Figures from 1997-2003 are an aggregate of these predecessor organisations. 2. Data Quality: The Information Centre for Health and Social care seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data but responsibility for data accuracy lies with the organisations providing the data. Methods are continually being updated to improve data quality where changes impact on figures already published. This is assessed but unless it is significant at national level figures are not changed. Impact at detailed or local level is footnoted in relevant analyses. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care: Non-Medical Workforce Census.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c1445W; 325405
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Midwives Shropshire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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