Midwives: Age
(asked on 19th June 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the age profile is of NHS midwives; and how many NHS midwives in each age category are (a) UK nationals and (b) nationals of an EU member state.
NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services workforce statistics. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care, general practitioner surgeries, local authorities or other providers.
The following table shows the age profile and nationality of National Health Service midwives in hospitals and CCGs as at December 2019, the latest available data. Other and Unknown includes staff with a nationality group of European Economic Area, Rest of World or Unknown.
. | All Nationalities | United Kingdom | European Union | Other and Unknown |
All age bands | 26,863 | 24,186 | 1,346 | 1,331 |
Under 25 | 1,712 | 1,637 | 51 | 24 |
25 to 29 | 3,621 | 3,256 | 300 | 65 |
30 to 34 | 3,744 | 3,364 | 286 | 94 |
35 to 39 | 3,417 | 3,089 | 187 | 141 |
40 to 44 | 3,198 | 2,877 | 155 | 166 |
45 to 49 | 2,991 | 2,658 | 121 | 212 |
50 to 54 | 3,685 | 3,326 | 77 | 282 |
55 to 59 | 3,027 | 2,720 | 85 | 222 |
60 to 64 | 1,235 | 1,067 | 69 | 99 |
65 and over | 233 | 192 | 15 | 26 |