HC Deb 14 October 2002 vol 390 cc502-7W
Mr. Wiltshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list NHS maternity units in descending order of(a) the ratio of midwives in post to the total number of births and (b) the ratio of the full complement of midwives to the total number of births in 2001. [67458]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 5 July 2002]The figures are shown in the table in descending order and they represent for each trust the ratio of midwives in post and complement in September 2000 to deliveries in 2000–01 in that trust. Women who are cared for during pregnancy by midwives from one trust may later give birth in a unit in another trust. Relevant information is only available by trusts rather than units.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): In descending order—midwifery staff to deliveries ratios by NHS Trust as at 30 September 2000
Establishment midwifery figures: deliveries ratio1 Staff in post midwives: deliveries ratio
Whole-time equivalents Headcount2 Whole-time equivalents Headcount
RM4 Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust 0.041 0.049 0.041 0.049
RR4 Pinderfields & Pontefract Hospitals NHS Trust 0.041 0.051 0.041 0.051
RJD Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust 0.041 0.048 0.041 0.048
RBA Taunton & Somerset NHS Trust 0.040 0.046 0.040 0.046
RVR Epsom & St Helier NHS Trust 0.040 0.055 0.038 0.053
RTD The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust 0.040 0.048 0.040 0.047
RDM Hastings & Rother NHS Trust 0.040 0.050 0.039 0.049
RK9 Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust 0.040 0.050 0.040 0.050
RWP Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 0.040 0.051 0.040 0.051
RR2 Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Trust 0.039 0.059 0.039 0.059
RJN East Cheshire NHS Trust 0.039 0.053 0.039 0.053
RWH East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust 0.039 0.049 0.033 0.043
RA4 East Somerset NHS Trust 0.039 0.051 0.039 0.051
RN7 Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust 0.039 0.054 0.037 0.052
RE7 West Cumbria Healthcare NHS Trust 0.038 0.052 0.036 0.050
RCF Airedale NHS Trust 0.038 0.045 0.038 0.045
RCJ South Tees Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 0.038 0.045 0.037 0.044
RJE North Staffordshire Hospital NHS Trust 0.038 0.047 0.038 0.047
RLU Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust 0.038 0.049 0.036 0.047
RCV Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust 0.038 0.048 0.038 0.048
RBN St Helens & Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust 0.038 0.045 0.038 0.045
RTG Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 0.038 0.044 0.038 0.044
RAG Doncaster Royal Informary & Montagu Hospital NHS Trust 0.037 0.048 0.037 0.048
RMN Bury Health Care NHS Trust 0.037 0.046 0.037 0.046
RWF Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 0.037 0.050 0.032 0.045
RLQ Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust 0.037 0.047 0.037 0.047
RJY Wigan & Leigh Health Services NHS Trust 0.037 0.043 0.037 0.043
RKB University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust 0.037 0.048 0.034 0.045
RR7 Gateshead Health NHS Trust 0.037 0.045 0.037 0.045
RWA Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trusts 0.037 0.046 0.037 0.046
RZ Royal Shrewsbury Hospitals NHS Trust 0.037 0.048 0.035 0.047
RJR Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust 0.036 0.047 0.036 0.047
RJZ King's College Hospital NHS Trust 0.036 0.042 0.035 0.040
RR9 North Durham Health Care NHS Trust 0.036 0.043 0.036 0.043
RBK Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust 0.036 0.044 0.036 0.044
RPR The Royal West Sussex NHS Trust 0.036 0.041 0.036 0.041
RHU Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust 0.036 0.047 0.036 0.047
RF7 Scunthorpe & Goole Hospitals NHS Trust 0.036 0.041 0.036 0.041
RLN City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust 0.036 0.041 0.036 0.041
RFS Chesterfield & North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust 0.036 0.042 0.036 0.042
RR8 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 0.036 0.045 0.035 0.044
RBD West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust 0.035 0.049 0.035 0.049
RWE University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust 0.035 0.046 0.035 0.046
RF6 North East Lincolnshire NHS Trust 0.035 0.044 0.035 0.044
RCB York Health Services NHS Trust 0.035 0.045 0.035 0.045
RNZ Salisbury Healthcare NHS Trust 0.035 0.048 0.035 0.048
RNE Sandwell Healthcare NHS Trust 0.035 0.041 0.035 0.041
RDE Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust 0.035 0.042 0.034 0.041
RMF Preston Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 0.035 0.046 0.035 0.046
RKC Warrington Hospital NHS Trust 0.035 0.044 0.033 0.043
RBT The Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0.034 0.042 0.034 0.042
RFR Rotherham General Hospitals NHS Trust 0.034 0.040 0.034 0.040
RL4 The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust 0.034 0.041 0.034 0.041
RPS Mid Sussex NHS Trust 0.034 0.042 0.025 0.033
RG3 Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust 0.034 0.038 0.026 0.030
RN1 Winchester & Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust 0.033 0.045 0.033 0.045
RLT George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust 0.033 0.043 0.033 0.042
RAJ Southend Hospital NHS Trust 0.033 0.038 0.033 0.038
RPA Medway NHS Trust 0.033 0.040 0.033 0.040
RJF Burton Hospitals NHS Trust 0.033 0.043 0.033 0.043
RAE Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust 0.033 0.039 0.033 0.039
RJC South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust 0.033 0.043 0.033 0.043
RPL Worthing & Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust 0.033 0.049 0.033 0.049
RWG West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0.033 0.045 0.029 0.042
RJH Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust 0.033 0.048 0.032 0.047
RVQ Wiltshire & Swindon Healthcare NHS Trust 0.032 0.043 0.032 0.043

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): In descending order—midwifery staff to deliveries ratios by NHS Trust as at 30 September 2000
Establishment midwifery figures: deliveries ratio1 Staff in post midwives: deliveries ratio
Whole-time equivalents Headcount2 Whole-time equivalents Headcount
RGP James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust 0.032 0.055 0.031 0.054
RTA South Durham Health Care NHS Trust 0.032 0.040 0.032 0.040
RGQ Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust 0.032 0.044 0.032 0.044
REF Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust 0.032 0.043 0.032 0.043
RG7 Havering Hospitals NHS Trust 0.032 0.040 0.030 0.038
RC1 Bedford Hospitals NHS Trust 0.032 0.040 0.032 0.040
RFW West Middlesex University NHS Trust 0.032 0.037 0.027 0.033
RTF Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust 0.032 0.039 0.032 0.039
RA5 East Gloucestershire NHS Trust 0.032 0.047 0.031 0.046
RTH Oxford Radcliffe Hospital NHS Trust 0.032 0.042 0.031 0.041
RQM Chelsea & Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust 0.032 0.038 0.032 0.038
RNS Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust 0.031 0.041 0.031 0.041
RJ7 St George's Healthcare NHS Trust 0.031 0.037 0.031 0.037
RGZ Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust 0.031 0.044 0.029 0.042
RHW Royal Berkshire & Battle Hospitals NHS Trust 0.031 0.044 0.031 0.044
RM1 Norfolk & Norwich Health Care NHS Trust 0.031 0.041 0.030 0.040
RD3 Poole Hospitals NHS Trust 0.031 0.050 0.031 0.050
RDU Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust 0.031 0.042 0.031 0.042
RJ1 Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Trust 0.031 0.033 0.027 0.029
RA7 United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust 0.031 0.039 0.031 0.039
REP Liverpool Womens Hospital NHS Trust 0.031 0.040 0.031 0.040
RK5 The Kings Mill Centre for Health Care Services NHS Trust 0.031 0.036 0.031 0.036
RH6 Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust 0.031 0.035 0.031 0.035
RQQ Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust 0.030 0.042 0.030 0.042
RN5 North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.042 0.029 0.041
RHM Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.040 0.030 0.040
RC3 Ealing Hospital NHS Trust 0.030 0.044 0.030 0.044
RH2 South Buckinghamshire NHS Trust 0.030 0.042 0.028 0.040
RQX Homerton Hospital NHS Trust 0.030 0.032 0.023 0.024
RC9 Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust 0.030 0.045 0.028 0.043
RCD Harrogate Health Care NHS Trust 0.030 0.038 0.030 0.038
RMW Dewsbury Health Care NHS Trust 0.030 0.034 0.030 0.034
RQN The Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.047 0.027 0.044
RGN Peterborough Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.036 0.030 0.036
RTX Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.039 0.029 0.039
RKE Whittington Hospital NHS Trust 0.030 0.044 0.030 0.044
RM2 South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust 0.030 0.034 0.030 0.034
RNH Newham Healthcare NHS Trust 0.030 0.033 0.026 0.029
RNQ Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust 0.029 0.038 0.029 0.038
RAP North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust 0.029 0.034 0.029 0.034
RR1 Birmingham Heartlands & Solihull NHS Trust 0.029 0.035 0.029 0.035
RCP Bassetlaw Hospital & Community Health Services NHS Trust 0.029 0.036 0.029 0.036
RDD Basildon & Thurrock General Hospitals NHS Trust 0.028 0.036 0.027 0.035
RD8 Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust 0.028 0.034 0.028 0.034
RN3 Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust 0.028 0.040 0.027 0.039
RTP Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust 0.028 0.037 0.028 0.037
RLG Carlisle Hospitals NHS Trust 0.028 0.040 0.028 0.040
RV8 North West London Hospitals NHS Trust 0.028 0.035 0.028 0.035
RNA Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust 0.027 0.045 0.026 0.044
RTK Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust 0.027 0.041 0.027 0.041
RAS The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust 0.027 0.034 0.027 0.034
RAX Kingston Hospital NHS Trust 0.027 0.037 0.027 0.037
RVL Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust 0.027 0.035 0.026 0.035
RCS Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust 0.026 0.034 0.026 0.034
RNT Stoke Mandeville Hospital NHS Trust 0.026 0.033 0.021 0.028
RD7 Heatherwood & Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust 0.025 0.030 0.023 0.028
RJ2 The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust 0.025 0.029 0.025 0.029
RCX Kings Lynn & Wisbech Hospitals NHS Trust 0.024 0.032 0.024 0.032
RDF Forest Healthcare NHS Trust 0.024 0.028 0.024 0.028
RG4 Redbridge Health Care NHS Trust 0.023 0.026 0.021 0.024
RFK Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital 0.023 0.030 0.023 0.030
RA3 Weston Area Health NHS Trust 0.022 0.026 0.022 0.026
RQ8 Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust 0.021 0.028 0.021 0.027
RVW North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Trust 0.021 0.027 0.021 0.027
RG2 Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust 0.021 0.028 0.012 0.020

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): In descending order—midwifery staff to deliveries ratios by NHS Trust as at 30 September 2000
Establishment midwifery figures: deliveries ratio1 Staff in post midwives: deliveries ratio
Whole-time equivalents Headcount2 Whole-time equivalents Headcount
RJ5 St Mary's Hospital NHS Trust 0.020 0.022 0.018 0.021
RGA Calderdale Healthcare NHS Trust 0.018 0.021 0.017 0.021
RRV University College London Hospitals NHS Trust 0.017 0.018 0.017 0.018
RGT Addenbrooke's NHS Trust 0.017 0.023 0.017 0.023
RVV East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust 0.016 0.019 0.016 0.019
REX Oldham NHS Trust 0.015 0.016 0.015 0.016
RJ6 Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust 0.013 0.022 0.013 0.022
RAL Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust 0.013 0.013 0.013 0.013
RA2 Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust 0.004 0.007 0.004 0.007
RGR West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.004
RCA Northallerton Health Services NHS Trust 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001

Notes:

1 Establishment midwife figures are the sum of the staff in posts figures as at 30 September 2000 and the 3 month vacancy figures as at 31 March 2001 so will not necessarily give an accurate reflection of the actual establishment.

2 Headcount establishment figures are the sum in post headcount and the 3 month vacancies whole-time equivalents, headcount vacancy figures are unavailable.

3 Deliveries at Royal London (RNJ) are attended by midwives employed by Tower Hamlets (RRG) and have therefore been excluded.

4 Figures are rounded to three decimal places.

5 Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts.

6 Figures exclude learners and agency staff.

Source:

Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census

Department of Health NHS Workforce Vacancy Survey

Office for National Statistics (ONS) Birth Registration Statistics as compiled by SD3G

Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list NHS maternity units in descending order of the percentage of Caesarean deliveries in 2001. [67460]

Jacqui Smith

[holding answer 5 July 2002]: The table showing the percentage of deliveries by caesarean section by trust in descending order fo2000 to 2001, taken from the data published in the National Health Service Maternity Statistics, England Bulletin 2002/11 published in April 2002 has been placed in the Library.

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