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Rehman Chishti

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Tuesday 15th January 2013

(11 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I must say to the House that if we are to get through the questions we need shorter questions and shorter answers from now on.

Rehman Chishti Portrait Rehman Chishti (Gillingham and Rainham) (Con)
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4. What steps he is taking to support the recruitment and training of midwives.

Dan Poulter Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Dr Daniel Poulter)
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The Government are committed to ensuring that the number of midwives in training matches the needs of the birth rate. There are now over 800 more midwives working in the NHS than there were in May 2010, and a record 5,000 currently in training.

Rehman Chishti Portrait Rehman Chishti
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The Oliver Fisher neonatal intensive care unit at Medway Maritime hospital in my constituency is an excellent charity that looks after approximately 900 premature and sick new-borns each year. What further midwife support will the Government give to such care units?

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