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Written question asked by Tom Cox (Labour) on Monday, 1 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 November 2004. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 November 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trainee midwives there are in the NHS. - Inc figures.
Answer

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trainee midwives there are in the NHS. [195902] Mr. Hutton: National health service funded training is provided by higher education institutions, trainee midwives are therefore not employed directly by the NHS. In 2003-04, 2,226 students entered training to become a midwife, which is an increase of 35 per cent. since 1996-97.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
195902; 426 c653W
Session
2003-04
Subjects
NHS Midwives Training
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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