Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the age profile was of (a) all NHS midwives and (b) those NHS midwives identified as nationals of an EU member state at the (i) most recent month for which figures are available and (ii) the equivalent month in each year since 2010.

NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs)¹, but not staff working in primary care or in general practitioner (GP) surgeries, local authorities or other providers.

The attached tables show the number of EU27 and all nationality midwives in National Health Service trusts and CCGs broken down by age bands.

Note:

¹CCGs are NHS bodies responsible for the planning and commissioning of health care services for their local area. They are made up of a governing body directly employed by the CCG and local GP practice members within the area of the CCG.