Midwives

(asked on 16th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 111054, on midwives, if his Department will ensure the collection of data on where specialist midwifery posts are in place.


Answered by
Philip Dunne Portrait
Philip Dunne
This question was answered on 23rd November 2017

The information held by NHS Digital is based upon the National Workforce Data Set which allows for the capture of nationally consistent information about midwives for the purposes of monitoring and workforce planning. This does not capture a sufficient level of detail to allow the investigation of very specialist services including specialist midwives.

At present NHS Digital is engaged in a sub-group of the Workforce Information Review Group. This is tasked with scoping the information requirements of the system related to healthcare recruitment, and to produce proposals to enhance the information available. Part of this work includes giving consideration to current data gaps.

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