The number of national health service midwives employed in Bolton and England in each of the last five years is detailed in the following table.
Headcount 2003 2004 2005 2006 20071 England Qualified maternity services staff 30,776 32,056 32,072 32,103 32,919 Of which: Qualified midwives 23,941 24,844 24,808 24,469 25,093 North West Strategic Health Authority area Qualified maternity services staff 4,919 5,174 5,055 5,164 5,069 Of which: Qualified midwives 3,798 4,049 3,876 3,949 4,001 Royal Bolton Hospitals Foundation Trust Qualified maternity services staff 243 237 238 229 230 Of which: Qualified midwives 192 185 189 183 165 1 Qualified midwife figures have fallen in the trust due to data cleansing within the maternity services area of work. As a result of this, a number of nurse managers have now been correctly coded. Note: 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.
The information requested on community midwives cannot be supplied as it is not collected centrally. The following table details the total number of midwives employed in each strategic health authority for the three years requested.
Headcount 1997 2002 2007 England 22,385 23,249 25,093 North East Strategic Health Authority area 1,224 1,241 1,288 North West Strategic Health Authority area 3,864 3,833 4,010 Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority area 2,393 2,321 2,449 East Midlands Strategic Health Authority area 1,591 1,697 1,745 West Midlands Strategic Health Authority area 2,619 2,625 2,861 East of England Strategic Health Authority area 1,942 2,159 2,407 London Strategic Health Authority area 3,370 3,601 4,407 South East Coast Strategic Health Authority area 1,431 1,680 1,820 South Central Strategic Health Authority area 1,647 1,734 1,677 South West Strategic Health Authority area 2,304 2,358 2,429 Source: The Information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census
Full-time equivalent 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 England 18,053 18,168 17,876 17,662 18,048 18,119 18,444 18,854 18,949 18,862 19,298 North East Strategic Health Authority area 1,008 944 898 901 1,043 993 989 1,018 1,011 1,003 1,025 North West Strategic Health Authority area 3,160 3,044 3,035 2,994 3,068 3,069 3,049 3,252 3,094 3,138 3,111 Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority area 1,973 1,962 1,832 1,845 1,867 1,909 1,948 2,025 2,047 1,906 1,942 East Midlands Strategic Health Authority area 1,292 1,355 1,384 1,386 1,389 1,307 1,331 1,315 1,310 1,294 1,322 West Midlands Strategic Health Authority area 2,111 2,240 2,172 2,103 2,088 2,091 2,170 2,180 2,123 2,092 2,171 East of England Strategic Health Authority area 1,517 1,600 1,620 1,612 1,538 .1,630 1,646 1,644 1,725 1,742 1,806 London Strategic Health Authority area 2,809 2,777 2,789 2,673 2,813 2,812 3,026 3,040 3,326 3,442 3,499 South East Coast Strategic Health Authority area 1,085 1,131 1,063 1,108 1,188 1,264 1,254 1,312 1,320 1,325 1,382 South Central Strategic Health Authority area 1,280 1,308 1,252 1,239 1,244 1,258 1,228 1,248 1,187 1,145 1,255 South West Strategic Health Authority area 1,818 1,807 1,832 1,801 1,809 1,785 1,802 1,821 1,806 1,774 1,786 Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number. Source: The information Centre Non-Medical Workforce Census.