NHS England publishes quarterly data on the numbers of staff joining and leaving active service in hospital and community health services.<\/p>
The data shows that in the year leading to September 2023, there were 3,152 full-time equivalent (FTE) midwives who joined active service. Joiners are not the same as those recruited to the National Health Service, as it will include staff returning after breaks in service. There is no data held on the number of newly recruited staff. In the same period, there were 2,255 FTE midwives who left active service in hospital and community health services. Leavers may be moving to other parts of the health and social care system such as private care providers, voluntary sector provision, or moving to devolved nations.<\/p>
The Department\u2019s ambition is for a net increase in the FTE number of staff working in the NHS, which will be impacted by changes in rates of retention of staff, changes in rates of part-time working patterns, and rates of breaks from active service.<\/p>
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan has set out the expectation that we will increase midwifery training places by 13% a year, to 4,269 places, for students starting this academic year. We expect that 5% of midwifery placements will be delivered through apprenticeships by 2028. Recent investment in training places means we expect to see a growth in midwives of 1.8 to 1.9% per year, over the course of the plan. In addition, NHS England\u2019s national retention programme for midwifery and nursing has prioritised five high impact actions to support improved staff retention, including a self-assessment tool and menopause guidance. Finally, valuing and retaining staff is also a key objective of NHS England\u2019s three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services. Examples of how this will be achieved include funding a retention midwife in every maternity unit this year and offering a preceptorship programme to every newly registered midwife.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4044", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Stephenson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Pendle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Stephenson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-02-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "14314"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-02-23T09:19:48.53Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Midwives: Labour Turnover and Recruitment"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 5.60 of the Autumn Statement Green Book 2022, how many FTE midwives (a) have been recruited by and (b) left the NHS since 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4758", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Truro and Falmouth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Cherilyn Mackrory"} ], "uin" : "14313"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1689415", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1689415/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
NHS England publishes quarterly data on the numbers of staff joining and leaving active service in hospital and community health services.<\/p>
The data shows that in the year leading to September 2023, there were 3,152 full-time equivalent (FTE) midwives who joined active service. Joiners are not the same as those recruited to the National Health Service, as it will include staff returning after breaks in service. There is no data held on the number of newly recruited staff. In the same period, there were 2,255 FTE midwives who left active service in hospital and community health services. Leavers may be moving to other parts of the health and social care system such as private care providers, voluntary sector provision, or moving to devolved nations.<\/p>
The Department\u2019s ambition is for a net increase in the FTE number of staff working in the NHS, which will be impacted by changes in rates of retention of staff, changes in rates of part-time working patterns, and rates of breaks from active service.<\/p>
The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan has set out the expectation that we will increase midwifery training places by 13% a year, to 4,269 places, for students starting this academic year. We expect that 5% of midwifery placements will be delivered through apprenticeships by 2028. Recent investment in training places means we expect to see a growth in midwives of 1.8 to 1.9% per year, over the course of the plan. In addition, NHS England\u2019s national retention programme for midwifery and nursing has prioritised five high impact actions to support improved staff retention, including a self-assessment tool and menopause guidance. Finally, valuing and retaining staff is also a key objective of NHS England\u2019s three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services. Examples of how this will be achieved include funding a retention midwife in every maternity unit this year and offering a preceptorship programme to every newly registered midwife.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4044", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Stephenson"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Pendle"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Stephenson"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-02-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "14313"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-02-23T09:19:48.587Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-02-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Midwives: Recruitment"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 5.60 of the Autumn Statement Green Book 2022, how many FTE midwives need to be recruited in order to reach the target of 2,000 more midwives.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4758", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Truro and Falmouth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Cherilyn Mackrory"} ], "uin" : "14314"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1550491", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1550491/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The information requested is not held centrally. However, the Charity Commission provides guidance for charities on managing finances, including potential insolvency, which is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/managing-financial-difficulties-insolvency-in-charities-cc12/managing-financial-difficulties-insolvency-in-charities#dealing-with-potential-insolvency<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Maria Caulfield"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Lewes"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Maria Caulfield"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-12-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-12-20T15:47:12.147Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-12-12", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Mental Health: Charities"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether there are any urgent funding pools available for mental health charities facing imminent closure.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4758", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Truro and Falmouth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Cherilyn Mackrory"} ], "uin" : "108368"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1542829", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1542829/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board is supporting Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to optimise the use of current bed capacity and re-open those beds which are not operational.<\/p>
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Local commissioners work in collaboration with service providers to expand and enhance community and crisis alternatives to reduce the number of people requiring an inpatient treatment and provide earlier intervention and prevention locally.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Maria Caulfield"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Lewes"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Maria Caulfield"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-11-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-11-21T15:04:30.227Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-11-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Psychiatry: Cornwall"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of hospital beds for psychiatric care in Cornwall.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4758", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Truro and Falmouth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Cherilyn Mackrory"} ], "uin" : "89026"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1542210", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1542210/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Energy Prices Act gained Royal Assent on 25 October 2022. The Department has laid a number of statutory instruments to ensure the effective implementation of the energy support schemes brought forward by the Act.<\/p>
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The acceleration in renewable deployment will be supported by the UK's main renewable energy scheme, Contracts for Difference. The latest round delivered almost 11GW of new renewable projects, almost double achieved in the previous round. Future CfD rounds will be run annually to drive further deployment.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1482", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Graham Stuart"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Beverley and Holderness"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Graham Stuart"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-11-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-11-23T17:11:37.5Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-11-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Energy: Prices"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department plans to take to (a) implement the provisions of the Energy Prices Act and (b) increase the use of renewable energy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4758", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Truro and Falmouth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Cherilyn Mackrory"} ], "uin" : "88045"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1542439", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1542439/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence issues guidance for healthcare professionals and commissioners and the NHS RightCare Epilepsy Toolkit provides expert advice on improving support for people living with epilepsy. The New Medicine Service allows an expanded role for pharmacies in supporting those with epilepsy and other conditions, including potential harms caused by non-adherence to medicines.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4527", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Helen Whately"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Faversham and Mid Kent"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Helen Whately"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-11-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-11-24T14:00:56.167Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-11-15", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Epilepsy: Death"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce unexpected deaths as a result of epilepsy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4758", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Cherilyn Mackrory"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Truro and Falmouth"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Cherilyn Mackrory"} ], "uin" : "87991"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1541943", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1541943/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
As announced on 16 November 2022, the Adult Social Care Discharge Fund will be distributed to integrated care boards and local authorities in two tranches. The first will be distributed in December 2022 and the second in January 2023. Details of these allocations is available at the following link:<\/p>
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