PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Midwives: Stockport (16 January 2023)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) full-time and (b) full-time equivalent midwives were employed by the NHS in Stockport in (i) 2010, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2020 and (iv) 2023.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

Data on staff working across hospital and community health services is collected and reported based on the hospital trust that employs staff. The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) midwives working at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. The Department does not hold information on the number of these staff who were employed on full time contracts. Data for 2023 is not yet available.

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust	September 2010	September 2015	September 2020	September 2022
Number of FTE Midwives	121	116	138	139

Source: NHS Digital Workforce Statistics

Answered by:
Will Quince (Conservative)
24 January 2023