§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many community midwives are employed in each regional and district health authority in England.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe information relating to the present district health authorities is not yet available but the number of community midwives—in whole-time equivalent terms—employed in each region and area health authority in England at 30 September 1980—the latest figures available—is shown in the attached tables:
District Midwives Employed in the NHS at 30 September 1980 Whole-time equivalents Dual/Triple Posts District Midwife District/Nurse Midwife/Health Visitor District Nurse/Midwife Enrolled Nurse/Midwife 1. Northern RHA 156.2 7.0 76.5 5.5 2. Yorkshire RHA 178.8 5.0 63.2 2.0 3. Trent RHA 353.1 — 47.8 2.4 4. East Anglia RHA 156.4 4.0 66.9 3.9 5. NW Thames RHA 112.6 1.0 2.0 — 6. NE Thames RHA 173.7 1.5 6.0 1.0 7. SE Thames RHA 229.6 10.4 78.4 3.1 8. SW Thames RHA 117.4 5.0 27.8 3.0 9. Wessex RHA 132.4 9.0 130.3 2.0 10. Oxford RHA 142.4 1.0 19.5 1.0 11. South-Western RHA 75.7 29.0 383.6 0.3 12. West Midlands RHA 376.2 15.0 112.8 2.0 13. Mersey RHA 193.2 2.0 6.1 3.2 14. North-Western RHA 375.0 1.0 22.1 7.5 20. London PG(T) N/A N/A N/A N/A Total England 2,772.7 90.9 1,043.0 36.9 The figures given include all midwives working in the community service. These figures include staff who are also employed in a dual or triple capacity ie. as a district nurse and/or health visitor as well as a midwife. However 68W the total WTE of the dual/triple post staff have been given as no information is available as to the proportion of time these staff spend in midwifery.