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<p>NHS England is currently considering the methodology for undertaking a proper assessment
of the impact of the various supply routes into the midwifery workforce.</p><p> </p><p>The
NHS Long Term Workforce Plan published in 2023 sets out the need to grow midwifery
education and training, in line with the conclusions of the Ockenden Review. We will
increase midwifery training placements from a baseline of 3,778 places to 4,269 places,
and that by 2028 we envisage that about 5% will be through apprenticeships. We envisage
that trusts will meet establishment levels set by midwifery staffing tools and achieve
fill rates by 2027/28. Recent investment in midwifery of 650 training places in 2019
and 1,000 in each of the following three years means we expect to see solid growth
in midwives of between 1.8 and 1.9% per year over the course of the plan. These increases
are being measured against the 2018/19 baseline of 2,715 starters on midwifery programmes.
And in early 2022, a funding offer was agreed to support 300 places for adult nurses
on the shortened midwifery programme.</p>
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