Midwifery

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many students are undertaking training to become a midwife (a) by direct training and (b) post-registration at (i) diploma and (ii) degree level; what proportion of students (A) completed and (B) did not complete their studies in the last three years; which institutions offer midwifery courses; and what the sources are of the information used to answer this question. [100983]

The number of students in training to become a midwife is shown in table 1.

Table 1: Number of students on pre and post-registration midwifery courses 2001–02 whole-time equivalents
Whole-time equivalents
	Student population
Midwifery Total	3,324
Pre-registration courses	2,274
Diploma	1,288
Degree	986
Post-registration courses	1,050
Diploma	1,050

Source:

Department of Health non-medical education and training business planning 2002–03

Attrition data for midwifery students are shown in table 2 for each of the last three complete years available. The years refer to the cohort for that year and figures include all types of course.

Table 2: Midwives training progress
Percentage
	Eligible to register ¹	Discontinued ²	Interrupted ³	Active ⁴
1995–96	76.9	17.9	0.5	4.7
1996–97	73.0	21.8	1.5	3.7
1997–98	76.3	17.1	0.9	5.7
¹ Those midwives who have completed their training and are eligible to register with the English National Board and therefore join the NHS.
²Students who have left the course.
³Students whose course has been interrupted (for individual reasons) and may continue at a later date
⁴Students who are still in training.

Source:

English National Board for Nursing

The following institutions offer midwifery courses.

Anglia Polytechnic University
Bournemouth University
The University of Bradford
University of the West of England, Bristol
Canterbury Christ Church University College
University of Central England in Birmingham
University of Central Lancashire
Chester (A College of The University of Liverpool)
City University
Coventry University
De Montfort University
University of East Anglia
Edge Hill College of Higher Education (A higher education institution accredited by Lancaster
University)
University of Greenwich
The University of Huddersfield

The University of Hull
Keele University
University of Leeds
Liverpool John Moores University
University of Luton
Middlesex University
University College Northampton
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Oxford Brookes University
University of Plymouth
The University of Salford
St Martin's College, Lancaster: Ambleside: Carlisle (an Accredited College of the University of Lancaster)
University of Southampton
Staffordshire University
The University of Stirling
Suffolk College An Accredited College of The University of East Anglia
University of Surrey
University of Wales Swansea
University of Teesside
Thames Valley University
University of Wolverhampton
University College Worcester

Source:

University and College Admissions Service (UCAS)

Hospital and Community Health Services Medical and Dental Staff
As at 30 September each year	Numbers
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
North West London Hospitals NHS trust	-	-	530	540	560
Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust	190	190	-	-	-
Northwick Park and St. Marks NHS Trust Trust	290	310	-	-	-

Source:

Department of Health medical and dental workforce census

HNS hospital and community health services (HCHS) qualified nursing midwifery and health visiting staff and physiotherapists within the specified organisations
As at 30 September each year	Headcount
		1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
All staff	Qualified nursing, midwidery and health visiting staff	1,356	1,371	1,345	1,426	1,643
	Physiotherapists	80	75	74	84	86
North West London Hospital NHS Trust	Qualified nursing, midwidery and health visiting staff	-	-	1,345	1,426	1,643
	Physiotherapists	-	-	74	84	86
Central Middlesex Hospital Trust	Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff	459	462	-	-	-
	Physiotherapists	26	25	-	-	-
Northwick park and St. Marks NHS Trust	Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff	897	909	-	-	-
	Physiotherapists	54	50	-	-	-

Notes:

Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts

- Not applicable

Central Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust merged with Northwick Park St. Marks NHS Trust in 1999 form North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

Source:

Department of Health non-medical workforce census

Volume 403: debated on Monday 10 March 2003