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Maternity Services: Staff

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 99842, tabled on 30 November 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS maternity support workers there were in each region of England in the most recent period for which data is available.

Answered on

8 December 2022

The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) maternity support staff working in National Health Service hospitals and commissioning bodies in each region in England, as of August 2022.

Region

Number of FTE Maternity Support Staff

East of England

865

London

1,271

Midlands

1,488

North East and Yorkshire

1,135

North West

967

South East

1,106

South West

713

Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics

Note:

Maternity support staff have been defined as all support staff working in maternity services and neonatal nursing care settings. This includes nursing associates, nursery nurses, nursing assistants/auxiliaries, healthcare assistants and support workers.