§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, further to his reply of 23 February to the hon. Member for the Isle of Ely, he will now list the number of midwives currently employed per 1,000 of the population for each of the regional health authorities of England; and what were the figures for each of the last five years.
§ Sir George YoungThe information requested is as follows:
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Number (whole time equivalent) of midwives† per thousand managed population 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 England 0.31 0.33 0.33 0.32 0.33 Northern Region 0.32 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.35 Yorkshire 0.29 0.29 0.31 0.31 0.32 Trent 0.32 0.32 0.31 0.29 0.33 East Anglian 0.32 0.35 0.32 0.31 0.35 North-West Thames* 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.34 0.35 North-East Thames 0.32 0.37 0.38 0.33 0.34 South-East Thames 0.32 0.34 0.34 0.33 0.34 South-West Thames 0.26 0.30 0.27 0.28 0.26 Wessex 0.32 0.27 0.30 0.29 0.32 Oxford 0.32 0.34 0.34 0.34 0.34
1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 South-Western 0.29 0.31 0.31 0.33 0.33 West Midlands 0.29 0.32 0.33 0.33 0.32 Mersey 0.28 0.35 0.34 0.33 0.36 North-Western 0.36 0.36 0.38 0.37 0.38 * Includes staff in London postgraduate teaching hospitals (Queen Charlotte's maternity hospital). † Includes tutorial and administrative staff but excludes pupil midwives and agency midwives.