Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust: Maternity Services David Davis To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total expenditure on maternity services was at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole hospitals NHS trust in each of the last five years. Andy Burnham The following table shows the total expenditure on maternity services at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole hospitals national health service trust. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2001-02|2002-03|2003-04| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Maternity function: patients using a bed |8,224 |8,539 |9,096 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Maternity function: out-patients |1,274 |877 |2,070 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Health programme: maternity services |0 |0 |1,128 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |9,498 |9,416 |12,294 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:Data is obtained from the annual financial returns, because of changes in the format of the financial returns, this information is not available after 2003-04.Source:Financial returns of the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole hospitals NHS trust 2001-02 to 2003-04| | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Davis To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made since September 2006 with the new model of midwifery care announced by the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole hospitals NHS trust. Andy Burnham The proposed changes to midwifery services were implemented in January 2007. The newly formed teams now cover the geographical areas of Goole and Isle, Barton, Brigg, town centre north and town centre south. The Yorkshire and the Humber strategic health authority (SHA) reports that the teams are now staffed by both midwives and midwifery support workers, a newly developed post at national vocational qualification (NVQ) level 3. The teams are now practicing from either midwifery centres (Goole, Crowle, Brigg and Ashby) or from children’s centres (West Street, Henderson Avenue and Castledyke). A few antenatal clinics continue to be offered from general practitioner surgeries. The Northern Lincolnshire and Goole hospitals national health service trust continues to evaluate the changes made to the model of care.