Our plan is to have 4,000 more midwives by 2012 (based on 2006 baseline), subject to the birth rate continuing to rise. Each strategic health authority has made recruitment, retention and return plans.
We do not hold data centrally on the number of available midwifery training places.
The following table shows the number of midwifery training commissions for the years requested.
Degree Diploma Other Total 1996-97 161 498 993 1,652 1997-98 224 572 908 1,704 1998-99 255 597 899 1,751 1999-2000 395 620 757 1,772 2000-01 494 604 789 1,887 2001-02 621 525 732 1,878 2002-03 709 724 677 2,110 2003-04 753 716 757 2,226 2004-05 895 744 735 2,374 2005-06 1,042 517 661 2,220 2006-07 983 540 467 1,990 2007-08 1,307 412 352 2,071 2008-09 1,944 0 328 2,272
This information is not collected centrally.
The average salary of a national health service midwife is £37,200 (2009) and was £36,100 in 2008. Prior to 2008, the average salary for a NHS midwife was not collected separately but included with qualified nurses (see following table).
Average salary (£) 1997-98 20,830 1998-99 21,042 1999-00 22,329 2000-01 23,427 2001-02 24,733 2002-03 25,702 2003-04 26,342 2004-05 27,697 2005-06 28,784 2006-07 29,861 2007-08 31,149 2008-09 32,339 Notes: 1. Average salaries are estimated from the Qualified Nurse Paybill figures using NHS Accounts data together with the NHS pension scheme rates, and national insurance rates and thresholds that apply to NHS employers. 2. The Paybill data include all qualified nurses employed by NHS trusts, primary care trusts, strategic health authorities and foundation trusts in England. They exclude agency nurses. 3. Foundation trusts do not submit a breakdown of their Paybill by staff group. Figures from 2004-05 onwards include estimates for the breakdown of each foundation trust. 4. Average salaries have been expressed in real terms using the HM Treasury gross domestic product deflator index. Sources: Department of Health Paybill Model 2008-09 Trust Financial Returns and Foundation Trust Annual Reports (Paybill data) Information Centre Workforce Census
This information is not collected centrally.
It is for primary care trusts in partnership with local authorities, strategic health authorities and other local stakeholders to determine how best to use their funds to meet national and local priorities for improving health, and to commission services accordingly taking into account the age profile of its work force.
Ministers meet regularly with professional representative bodies and others and we discuss a range of work force issues.
Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows numbers of qualified midwifery staff in national health service organisations in Essex.
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Southend Hospital NHS Trust 100 96 91 97 100 Basildon and Thurrock General Hospital NHS Trust 111 108 113 114 116 Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust 114 117 115 107 — Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust — — — — 110 Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust 78 80 84 90 84 The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust 77 84 80 83 87 Notes: 1. Only those trusts that provide midwifery services are included in the table. 2. Colchester Hospital University Foundation Trust gained foundation trust status on 1 May 2008; it was formerly known as Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS trust. Source: The NHS Information Centre for health and social care Non-Medical Workforce Census.