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Written question asked by Mark Hendrick (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 March 2015. It was answered by Dan Poulter (Conservative) on Wednesday, 25 March 2015 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Midwives: Lancashire

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives were employed by (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and (b) Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the following table.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff working in Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust as at 30 September for each specified year

Full-time equivalent

20101

20111

20121

20131

September 20142

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff

1,853

1,817

1,739

1,820

1,894

Of which:

Registered Midwives

161

164

147

154

153

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust

Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting staff

1,271

1,196

2,139

2,093

2,047

Of which:

Registered Midwives

-

-

1

1

1

Source:

Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), HCHS: Non-Medical Workforce Census.

HSCIC, HCHS: provisional monthly workforce statistics.

Notes:

'-' denotes zero.

Full-time equivalent figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.

12010-2013 figures are taken from the Non-Medical Workforce Census as at 30 September for each specified year.

22014 figures are taken from the provisional monthly workforce statistics as at 30 September 2014.

These statistics relate to the contracted positions within English National Health Service organisations and may include those where the person assigned to the position is temporarily absent, for example on maternity leave.

The changes in staff figures in Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust over the period of this request are likely to be due to moves in service provider from primary care trusts to neighbouring trusts as part of Transforming Community Services.

Monthly data

As from 21 July 2010 the HSCIC has published provisional monthly NHS workforce data. As expected with provisional statistics, some figures may be revised from month to month as issues are uncovered and resolved. The monthly workforce data is not directly comparable with the annual workforce census; it only includes those staff on the Electronic Staff Record (i.e. it does not include Primary care staff or Bank staff). There are also new methods of presenting data (headcount methodology is different and there is now a role count). This information is available from September 2009 onwards at the following website:

www.hscic.gov.uk

Data quality

The HSCIC 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.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
228085
Session
2014-15
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Midwives Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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