Midwives Mrs. Ballard To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by health authority area the number of midwives per 1,000 deliveries. [32828] Mr. Boateng [holding answer 4 March 1998]: The number of midwives per 1,000 maternities (used as a proxy for deliveries, and defined as pregnancies resulting in the birth of one or more live or stillborn children) for each health authority in England is shown in the table. The figures should be interpreted with caution as midwives work across health authority boundaries.--------------------------------------- |Health authority | --------------------------------------- |England | --------------------------------------- |Anglia & Oxford | --------------------------------------- |Bedfordshire | --------------------------------------- |Berkshire | --------------------------------------- |Buckinghamshire | --------------------------------------- |Cambridge & Huntingdon | --------------------------------------- |East Norfolk | --------------------------------------- |North West Anglia | --------------------------------------- |Northamptonshire | --------------------------------------- |Oxfordshire | --------------------------------------- |Suffolk | --------------------------------------- |North Thames | --------------------------------------- |Barking & Havering | --------------------------------------- |Barnet | --------------------------------------- |Brent & Harrow | --------------------------------------- |Camden & Islington | --------------------------------------- |Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow | --------------------------------------- |East & North Hertfordshire | --------------------------------------- |East London & The City | --------------------------------------- |Enfield & Haringey | --------------------------------------- |Hillingdon | --------------------------------------- |Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster| --------------------------------------- |North Essex | --------------------------------------- |Redbridge & Waltham Forest | --------------------------------------- |South Essex | --------------------------------------- |West Hertfordshire | --------------------------------------- |North West | --------------------------------------- |Bury & Rochdale | --------------------------------------- |East Lancashire | --------------------------------------- |Liverpool | --------------------------------------- ----------------------------------- |Manchester | ----------------------------------- |Morecambe Bay | ----------------------------------- |North Cheshire | ----------------------------------- |North West Lancashire | ----------------------------------- |Salford & Trafford | ----------------------------------- |Sefton | ----------------------------------- |South Cheshire | ----------------------------------- |South Lancashire | ----------------------------------- |St Helens & Knowsley | ----------------------------------- |Stockport | ----------------------------------- |West Pennine | ----------------------------------- |Wigan & Bolton | ----------------------------------- |Wirral | ----------------------------------- |Bradford | ----------------------------------- |Calderdale & Kirklees | ----------------------------------- |County Durham | ----------------------------------- |East Riding | ----------------------------------- |Gateshead & South Tyneside | ----------------------------------- |Leeds | ----------------------------------- |Newcastle & North Tyneside | ----------------------------------- |North Cumbria | ----------------------------------- |North Yorkshire | ----------------------------------- |Northumberland | ----------------------------------- |South Humber | ----------------------------------- |Sunderland | ----------------------------------- |Tees | ----------------------------------- |Wakefield | ----------------------------------- |Avon | ----------------------------------- |Cornwall & Isles of Scilly | ----------------------------------- |Dorset | ----------------------------------- |Gloucestershire | ----------------------------------- |Isle of Wight | ----------------------------------- |North & East Devon | ----------------------------------- |North & Mid Hampshire | ----------------------------------- |Portsmouth & SE Hampshire | ----------------------------------- |Somerset | ----------------------------------- |South & West Devon | ----------------------------------- |Southampton & SW Hampshire | ----------------------------------- |Wiltshire | ----------------------------------- |Bexley & Greenwich | ----------------------------------- |Bromley | ----------------------------------- |Croydon | ----------------------------------- |East Kent | ----------------------------------- |East Surrey | ----------------------------------- |East Sussex, Brighton & Hove | ----------------------------------- |Kingston & Richmond | ----------------------------------- |Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham| ----------------------------------- |Merton Sutton & Wandsworth | ----------------------------------- |West Kent | ----------------------------------- |West Surrey | ----------------------------------- |West Sussex | ----------------------------------- |Barnsley | ----------------------------------- |Doncaster | ----------------------------------- |Leicestershire | ----------------------------------- |Lincolnshire | ----------------------------------- |North Derbyshire | ----------------------------------- |North Nottinghamshire | ----------------------------------- |Nottingham | ----------------------------------- |Rotherham | ----------------------------------- |Sheffield | ----------------------------------- |South Derbyshire | ----------------------------------- -------------------------- |30 | -------------------------- |Birmingham |36| -------------------------- |Coventry |37| -------------------------- |Dudley |35| -------------------------- |Herefordshire |30| -------------------------- |North Staffordshire |34| -------------------------- |Sandwell |24| -------------------------- |Shropshire |29| -------------------------- |Solihull |0| -------------------------- |South Staffordshire |29| -------------------------- |Walsall |40| -------------------------- |Warwickshire |29| -------------------------- |Wolverhampton |2| -------------------------- |Worcester & District|35| -------------------------- Notes: 1. Maternities are defined as the number of pregnancies which resulted in the birth of one or more live or stillborn children.2. Maternities are attributed to the health authority covering the mothers usual area of residence.3. Midwives are attributed to the health authority area within which the NHS trust that employs them falls.4. The figures in the table should be interpreted with caution as it is possible for midwives to serve a population which is different from that of the health authority to which they are attributed. Source: Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census Office for National Statistics.