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Maternity Services: Manpower

Volume 481: debated on Tuesday 28 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many maternity care assistants there were in England in each of the last five financial years for which figures are available, broken down by NHS trust. (229967)

We do not collect the number of national health service maternity care assistants centrally. However, the number of unqualified maternity service staff employed in England is detailed in the following table.

NHS hospital and community health services: unqualified maternity service staff in England by strategic health authority area and organisation as at 30 September

headcount

Total unqualified maternity services staff

Nursery nurse

Nursing assistant/auxiliary

Healthcare assistant

Support worker

England

7,724

440

3,639

2,704

941

North East Strategic Health Authority

355

19

96

176

64

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust

19

0

1

18

0

County Durham and Darlington Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

39

0

32

7

0

Gateshead Health NHS Trust

23

0

0

23

0

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust

7

0

0

0

7

Northumbria Health Care NHS Trust

101

0

7

71

23

South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust

74

3

24

16

31

South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust

20

0

20

0

0

The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust

72

16

12

41

3

North West Strategic Health Authority

1,111

61

601

323

126

Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust

25

0

25

0

0

Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust

45

1

44

0

0

Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust

67

12

21

30

4

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

61

13

0

47

1

East Cheshire NHS Trust

29

6

21

0

2

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

54

3

50

0

1

Halton and St. Helens PCT

1

0

1

0

0

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

38

2

5

29

2

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust

120

0

0

93

27

Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust

60

0

60

0

0

North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust

51

2

16

19

14

North Cumbria Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

26

0

7

19

0

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

108

4

65

30

9

Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Trust

72

7

43

9

13

South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust

50

0

18

22

10

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

28

0

28

0

0

St. Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust

22

2

20

0

0

Stockport NHS Trust

43

2

37

4

0

Tameside and Glossop Acute Services NHS Trust

40

0

35

0

5

The Mid Cheshire Hospital NHS Trust

35

6

6

21

2

The Wirral Hospital NHS Trust

82

1

56

0

25

Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust

11

0

8

0

3

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust

43

0

35

0

8

Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority

763

32

428

230

73

Airedale NHS Trust

32

0

10

22

0

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

17

0

6

11

0

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

46

0

16

27

3

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust

59

1

53

0

5

Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Trust

22

1

20

1

0

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

14

1

8

5

0

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

83

0

63

0

20

Kirklees PCT

3

2

1

0

0

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

98

7

1

78

12

Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

98

8

71

0

19

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust

70

0

18

52

0

Scarborough and North East Yorkshire Health Care NHS Trust

20

0

9

11

0

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

119

5

108

0

6

The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust

44

2

34

0

8

York Hospitals NHS Trust

38

5

10

23

0

East Midlands Strategic Health Authority

590

11

329

128

122

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

28

0

28

0

0

Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

75

0

0

45

30

Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust

58

0

12

17

29

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust

64

2

0

35

27

Nottingham City PCT

1

0

0

0

1

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

73

0

56

17

0

Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust

49

0

48

0

1

The United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

76

0

56

14

6

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

166

9

129

0

28

West Midlands Strategic Health Authority

803

70

338

311

84

Birmingham East and North PCT

1

1

0

0

0

Birmingham Women’s Healthcare NHS Trust

113

0

113

0

0

Burton Hospitals NHS Trust

48

0

0

35

13

Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust

49

5

1

28

15

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

103

6

97

0

0

Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust

22

3

16

0

3

Mid Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust

24

1

0

9

14

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

44

6

27

11

0

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

67

0

18

32

17

South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust

23

7

16

0

0

The George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

22

0

19

0

3

The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust

41

0

29

0

12

University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust

71

5

1

65

0

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

65

13

0

48

4

Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust

39

5

1

33

0

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

71

18

0

50

3

East of England Strategic Health Authority

870

71

449

282

68

Basildon and Thurrock General Hospital NHS Trust

76

6

15

52

3

Bedford Hospital NHS Trust

35

1

33

0

1

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

63

5

6

52

0

Cambridgeshire PCT

9

3

0

0

6

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust

63

0

63

0

0

Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust

43

0

43

0

0

Hinchingbrooke Healthcare NHS Trust

28

0

28

0

0

Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust

62

14

1

35

12

James Paget Healthcare NHS Trust

45

6

39

0

0

Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Trust

72

3

7

53

9

Luton PCT

10

0

10

0

0

Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust

41

0

5

0

36

Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust

50

5

45

0

0

Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

39

24

14

0

1

Southend Hospital NHS Trust

31

0

0

31

0

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

67

0

67

0

0

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Trust

45

4

41

0

0

West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust

63

0

4

59

0

West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust

28

0

28

0

0

London Strategic Health Authority

1,147

53

523

496

75

Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust

70

0

21

49

0

Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust

67

2

65

0

0

Barts and the London NHS Trust

24

0

24

0

0

Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust

15

0

0

13

2

Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust

52

4

0

36

12

Ealing Hospital NHS Trust

14

2

3

9

0

Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

63

7

45

4

7

Guys and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

74

0

63

11

0

Hammersmith Hospitals NHS Trust

61

0

56

0

5

Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust

56

0

15

41

0

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

44

2

5

27

10

King’s College Hospital NHS Trust

42

0

0

42

0

Kingston Hospital NHS Trust

62

16

4

37

5

Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust

33

3

30

0

0

Newham University Hospital NHS Trust

77

0

73

0

4

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

24

3

0

3

18

North West London Hospitals NHS Trust

26

0

3

23

0

Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust

29

0

2

26

1

Queen Mary’s Sidcup NHS Trust

34

4

0

26

4

Royal Free Harripstead NHS Trust

23

2

9

12

0

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust

48

0

48

0

0

St Mary’s NHS Trust

39

0

0

35

4

The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust

28

0

8

20

0

The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

37

4

8

25

.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

44

4

1

37

2

West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

20

0

0

20

0

Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust

41

0

40

0

1

South East Coast Strategic Health Authority

659

42

291

141

185

Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust

54

4

33

5

12

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust

79

0

30

49

0

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust

26

0

0

20

6

East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust

93

0

0

6

87

East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust

50

2

42

0

6

Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

59

0

0

3

56

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

74

13

22

35

4

Medway NHS Trust

58

0

58

0

0

Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust

48

21

26

1

0

Royal West Sussex NHS Trust

30

0

6

22

2

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

52

2

41

0

9

Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust

36

0

33

0

3

South Central Strategic Health Authority

659

38

202

399

20

Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust

64

0

7

57

0

Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Trust

40

5

0

35

0

Isle of Wight Healthcare PCT

39

9

20

8

2

Milton Keynes General Hospital NHS Trust

43

0

24

7

12

North Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust

31

3

1

26

1

Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust

124

0

0

123

1

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust

91

0

91

0

0

Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust

95

0

0

95

0

Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust

98

21

40

33

4

Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust

34

0

19

15

0

South West Strategic Health Authority

767

43

382

218

124

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT

10

0

10

0

0

Devon PCT

13

0

0

13

0

East Somerset NHS Trust

23

9

1

13

0

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

59

0

45

14

0

Gloucestershire PCT

12

0

9

0

3

North Bristol NHS Trust

50

0

0

41

9

North Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

21

0

21

0

0

Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

60

3

0

57

0

Poole Hospital NHS Trust

64

10

54

0

0

Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

11

0

11

0

0

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust

48

0

0

37

11

Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

23

0

23

0

0

Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust

11

11

0

0

0

Salisbury Health Care NHS Trust

3

0

3

0

0

South Devon Healthcare NHS Trust

27

0

22

5

0

Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust

16

0

16

0

0

Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust

71

2

0

38

31

United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust

149

8

71

0

70

West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust

29

0

29

0

0

Weston Area Health NHS Trust

10

0

10

0

0

Wiltshire PCT

57

0

57

0

0

Data quality:

Workforce statistics are compiled from data sent by more than 300 NHS trusts and primary care trusts (PCTs) in England. The NHS Information Centre for health and social care liaises closely with these organisations to encourage submission of complete and valid data and seeks to minimise inaccuracies and the effect of missing and invalid data. Processing methods and procedures are continually being updated to improve data quality. Where this happens any impact on figures already published will be assessed but unless this is significant at national level they will not be changed. Where there is impact only at detailed or local level this will be footnoted in relevant analyses.

Source:

The NHS Information Centre Non Medical Workforce Census