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Midwives: Training

Volume 471: debated on Tuesday 29 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwifery training places there were in each English region in the academic year 2007-08. (182705)

The information requested is shown in the following table, which shows the planned number of midwifery training places for each strategic health authority (SHA) for the academic year 2007-08.

Training places academic year 2006-07

Midwifery degree

Diploma

18 month diploma

Total

North East HSA

66

0

20

86

North West HSA

194

0

52

246

Yorkshire and the Humber HSA

162

23

0

185

East Midlands HSA

38

112

14

164

West Midlands HSA

204

0

45

249

East of England HSA

0

215

0

215

London HSA

66

187

201

454

South East Coast HSA

96

65

38

199

South Central HSA

114

29

28

171

South West HSA

119

20

0

139

England total

1,059

651

398

2,108