§ Mrs. BallardTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by health authority area the number of midwives per 1,000 deliveries. [32828]
§ Mr. Boateng[holding answer 4 March 1998]: The number of midwives per 1,000 maternities (used as a proxy for deliveries, and defined as pregnancies resulting in the birth of one or more live or stillborn children) for each health authority in England is shown in the table. The figures should be interpreted with caution as midwives work across health authority boundaries.
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National health service hospital and community health services registered midwives working in the maternity area of work per 1,000 maternities by health authority, England 1996 Health authority Midwives per 1,000 maternities England 30 Anglia & Oxford 26 Bedfordshire 24 Berkshire 23 Buckinghamshire 25 Cambridge & Huntingdon 25 East Norfolk 25 North West Anglia 25 Northamptonshire 29 Oxfordshire 33 Suffolk 24 North Thames 26 Barking & Havering 23 Barnet 18 Brent & Harrow 22 Camden & Islington 29 Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow 16 East & North Hertfordshire 24 East London & The City 28 Enfield & Haringey 23 Hillingdon 59 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster 50 North Essex 26 Redbridge & Waltham Forest 29 South Essex 22 West Hertfordshire 16 North West 38 Bury & Rochdale 35 East Lancashire 35 Liverpool 37
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National health service hospital and community health services registered midwives working in the maternity area of work per 1,000 maternities by health authority, England 1996 Health authority Midwives per 1,000 maternities Manchester 63 Morecambe Bay 28 North Cheshire 30 North West Lancashire 54 Salford & Trafford 55 Sefton 49 South Cheshire 30 South Lancashire 27 St Helens & Knowsley 22 Stockport 84 West Pennine 28 Wigan & Bolton 25 Wirral 41 Northern & Yorkshire 35 Bradford 40 Calderdale & Kirklees 30 County Durham 26 East Riding 32 Gateshead & South Tyneside 38 Leeds 29 Newcastle & North Tyneside 45 North Cumbria 32 North Yorkshire 31 Northumberland 21 South Humber 45 Sunderland 34 Tees 32 Wakefield 38 South and West 32 Avon 30 Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 35 Dorset 28 Gloucestershire 32 Isle of Wight 33 North & East Devon 36 North & Mid Hampshire 23 Portsmouth & SE Hampshire 33 Somerset 29 South & West Devon 40 Southampton & SW Hampshire 27 Wiltshire 45 South Thames 25 Bexley & Greenwich 32 Bromley 25 Croydon 28 East Kent 26 East Surrey 25 East Sussex, Brighton & Hove 15 Kingston & Richmond 0 Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham 22 Merton Sutton & Wandsworth 41 West Kent 31 West Surrey 15 West Sussex 30 Trent 28 Barnsley 30 Doncaster 38 Leicestershire 27 Lincolnshire 21 North Derbyshire 35 North Nottinghamshire 27 Nottingham 34 Rotherham 28 Sheffield 40 South Derbyshire 23
National health service hospital and community health services registered midwives working in the maternity area of work per 1,000 maternities by health authority, England 1996 Health authority Midwives per 1,000 maternities West Midlands 30 Birmingham 36 Coventry 37 Dudley 35 Herefordshire 30 North Staffordshire 34 Sandwell 24 Shropshire 29 Solihull 0 South Staffordshire 29 Walsall 40 Warwickshire 29 Wolverhampton 2 Worcester & District 35 Notes:
- 1. Maternities are defined as the number of pregnancies which resulted in the birth of one or more live or stillborn children.
- 2. Maternities are attributed to the health authority covering the mothers usual area of residence.
- 3. Midwives are attributed to the health authority area within which the NHS trust that employs them falls.
- 4. The figures in the table should be interpreted with caution as it is possible for midwives to serve a population which is different from that of the health authority to which they are attributed.
Source:
Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census Office for National Statistics.