HC Deb 02 June 1998 vol 313 cc178-9W
Mr. Alan Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the number of midwife vacancies in the NHS by health authority and NHS trust; [43150]

(2) if he will list the number of midwives employed in the NHS by health authority and NHS trust; [43152]

(3) if he will list the number of whole-time equivalent midwifery posts in the NHS by health authority and NHS trust.[43154]

Mr. Milburn

The National Health Service Executive does not collect information on the number of vacancies or posts (counted as the sum of staff in post and vacancies) in the hospital and community health services. For the information that is available on midwife vacancies and posts in the NHS, I refer my hon. Friend to the reports of the Review Body for Nursing Staff, Midwives, Health Visitors and Professions Allied to Medicine, copies of which are available in the Library.

Information on the number of midwives employed in English health authorities and NHS trusts is given in a table, copies of which have been placed in the Library.