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.
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