House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 19 Apr 2002 (pt 10)

Midwives

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is, by regional health authority, (a) the total number of full-time and (b) part-time midwives and what the (i) modal, (ii) mean and (iii) median age is of midwives for each of the last three years for which figures are available. [48249]

Mr. Hutton: Regional Health Authorities were abolished in 1996. Information on midwives working full time and part time by Health Authority is shown in the table. The information about age is as follows.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Modal, mean and median ages of midwives in England as at 30 September each year

headcount

1999 2000 2001

Mode 35 38 37

Mean 40 41 41

Median 39 40 40

			headcount
	1999	2000	2001
Mode	35	38	37
Mean	40	41	41
Median	39	40	40

Notes:Figures exclude bank staff, learners and agency staff.

Source:

Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): Mean, median and modal ages of midwives in Englandas at 30 September each year headcount

1999 2000 2001

Total Full-time Part-time Bank Total Full-time Part-time Bank Total Full-time Part-time Bank

England total 22,800 11,070 9,840 1,900 22,570 10,660 10,200 1,710 23,080 10,720 10,780 1,570

Northern & Yorkshire 2,650 1,360 1,210 80 2,700 1,360 1,260 70 3,000 1,500 1,390 110

QDD Bradford HA 280 170 110 10 300 170 120 10 310 170 130 10

QDE County Durham & Darlington HA 190 100 90 — 190 100 90 10 200 100 100 10

QDF East Riding & Hull HA 230 100 120 10 210 100 100 * 240 100 120 20

QDG Gateshead & South Tyneside HA 170 80 70 20 160 80 70 10 180 90 60 20

QDH Leeds HA 290 160 110 20 340 180 130 30 330 190 130 —

QDJ Newcastle & North Tyneside HA 190 110 70 — 220 120 100 — 260 140 110 *

QDK North Cumbria HA 140 50 90 — 140 40 90 10 140 50 80 *

QDM Northumberland HA 160 80 80 * 150 70 80 — 170 70 80 20

QDN Sunderland HA 130 80 50 — 120 80 40 — 120 80 40 —

QDP Tees HA 250 120 120 * 240 130 110 * 300 150 150 —

QDQ Wakefield HA 180 80 90 10 170 80 90 10 160 70 90 10

QDR North Yorkshire HA 250 140 110 * 270 130 140 — 350 150 170 30

QDT Calderdale & Kirklees HA 180 90 90 — 180 90 90 — 250 120 130 —

Trent 2,270 1,100 1,090 80 2,280 1,040 1,190 50 2,200 940 1,220 40

QCG Barnsley HA 100 60 30 * 100 60 40 — 100 60 40 —

QCH North Derbyshire HA 120 70 50 * 120 60 50 * 140 70 60 *

QCJ Southern Derbyshire HA 180 110 80 — 190 100 90 — 190 90 90 10

QCK Doncaster HA 160 60 90 10 150 50 90 * 140 50 90 —

QCL Leicestershire HA 390 190 170 40 390 180 180 30 370 160 190 20

QCM Lincolnshire HA 260 100 140 10 260 100 150 10 250 90 160 —

QCN North Nottinghamshire HA 140 70 70 * 140 60 80 — 90 40 40 —

QCP Nottingham HA 360 170 190 — 390 160 240 — 460 170 290 —

QCQ Rotherham HA 110 60 50 — 100 50 50 — 110 50 50 —

QCR Sheffield HA 280 120 160 * 280 120 160 — 270 110 150 *

QDL South Humber HA 160 90 70 * 160 80 80 * 80 30 50 *

West Midlands 2,790 1,250 1,300 230 2,700 1,180 1,350 180 2,640 1,160 1,380 100

QD9 Birmingham HA 830 400 310 120 790 390 310 80 740 380 330 20

QEA Coventry HA 200 80 120 * 190 70 110 10 200 80 120 *

QEC Dudley HA 160 50 80 30 170 40 80 40 160 50 90 20

QED Herefordshire HA 70 30 40 * 70 30 40 — 70 30 40 *

QEE Sandwell HA 100 60 20 10 100 60 20 10 100 60 20 20

QEF Shropshire HA 210 50 160 — 210 40 170 — 210 40 160 —

QEH North Staffordshire HA 220 110 110 — 220 110 110 — 210 90 110 —

QEJ South Staffordshire HA 200 110 90 * 210 100 100 * 210 100 100 *

QEK Walsall HA 160 70 80 10 150 70 80 * 150 60 80 10

QEL Warwickshire HA 200 90 90 10 200 90 100 10 200 90 110 *

QEM Wolverhampton HA 140 70 70 — 140 70 70 — 140 60 70 —

QEN Worcestershire HA 290 120 130 40 260 100 140 20 260 100 140 20

North West 3,630 1,750 1,680 210 3,550 1,700 1,700 140 3,670 1,720 1,790 170

QC1 South Lancashire HA 40 30 10 — 40 30 10 — 40 30 * —

QC2 Liverpool HA 230 100 120 10 240 100 120 20 340 140 200 *

QC3 Manchester HA 400 240 150 — 410 240 150 20 380 230 150 *

QC4 Morecambe Bay HA 120 50 60 20 120 50 70 * 160 70 90 10

QC5 St Helen's & Knowsley HA 120 70 50 — 120 60 60 — 120 60 60 —

QC6 Salford & Trafford HA 240 110 120 10 220 100 120 — 200 100 110 —

QC7 Sefton HA 230 100 120 10 280 100 150 40 130 50 60 10

QC8 Stockport HA 180 100 70 10 160 90 70 — 190 90 70 20

QC9 West Pennine HA 160 90 70 — 180 90 70 20 300 110 120 60

QCT Bury & Rochdale HA 210 100 110 * 190 100 100 * 200 100 100 *

QCV North Cheshire HA 160 60 100 — 170 70 90 10 160 70 90 —

QCW South Cheshire HA 360 140 180 40 330 140 180 10 340 140 180 20

QCX East Lancashire HA 340 140 130 70 280 150 130 * 270 140 140 —

QCY North West Lancashire HA 340 140 180 20 330 140 180 20 340 140 180 20

QDA Wigan and Bolton HA 310 180 130 — 310 160 150 — 330 160 180 *

QDC Wirral HA 190 100 70 20 180 90 70 10 180 90 70 20

Eastern 2,000 920 930 150 2,150 900 970 280 2,080 880 1,000 200

QA6 Bedfordshire HA 220 110 110 10 270 100 120 50 250 110 120 30

QAX North Essex HA 310 150 160 * 370 140 160 70 320 150 160 —

QAY South Essex HA 240 130 110 10 260 130 110 20 250 130 100 20

QCF Suffolk HA 160 50 70 40 150 50 100 — 140 50 90 —

QEP East & North Hertfordshire HA 220 100 100 20 200 90 90 20 * — — —

QEQ West Hertfordshire HA 160 50 70 40 240 100 90 60 — — — —

QER Cambridgeshire HA 420 200 190 20 310 140 140 30 420 140 170 120

QET Norfolk HA 270 140 120 10 340 140 170 40 310 130 180 —

QEX Hertfordshire HA — — — — — — — — 380 170 170 40

London 3,700 2,060 930 710 3,400 1,940 920 540 3,530 2,010 1,020 500

QA2 Hillingdon HA 230 110 70 50 100 60 40 — 110 60 50 —

QA3 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster HA 240 160 60 20 220 140 60 20 220 140 70 10

QA4 Enfield & Haringey HA 100 70 20 10 100 70 20 10 * — — —

QA5 Redbridge & Waltham Forest HA 220 140 70 — 210 130 80 — 120 80 40 —

QAA Bexley & Greenwich HA 180 60 80 30 200 60 90 50 — — — —

QAC Bromley HA 90 60 30 — 80 50 30 — — — — —

QAD Croydon HA 200 60 40 100 90 30 20 40 110 50 50 10

QAG Kingston & Richmond HA 180 70 80 30 160 70 70 20 160 60 70 30

QAH Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham HA 420 300 60 60 380 290 60 30 430 300 100 40

QAJ Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth HA 380 190 120 60 380 180 120 80 350 190 110 50

QAP Barking & Havering HA 130 90 40 * 150 90 40 20 250 140 70 40

QAQ Barnet HA 220 120 60 30 210 100 60 50 — — — —

QAR Brent & Harrow HA 160 100 40 20 180 100 40 40 130 80 30 10

QAT Camden & Islington HA 220 140 30 60 230 140 40 50 220 150 50 20

QAV Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow HA 330 130 60 140 380 190 90 100 440 180 100 150

QAW East London & the City HA 420 260 70 80 340 230 60 40 370 260 60 50

QEW Barnet, Enfield & Haringey HA — — — — — — — — 330 190 80 60

QEY Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich HA — — — — — — — — 290 120 130 40

South East 3,360 1,510 1,580 270 3,410 1,500 1,640 260 3,550 1,530 1,750 270

QA7 Berkshire HA 310 150 120 40 320 160 130 30 340 170 140 30

QA8 Buckinghamshire HA 290 140 120 30 280 130 120 30 340 130 140 70

QAE East Kent HA 130 70 50 * 120 60 60 — 260 110 150 *

QAF West Kent HA 510 220 200 80 480 220 200 60 440 220 190 20

QAK East Surrey HA — — — — — — — — 130 70 60 *

QAL West Surrey HA 290 110 140 40 320 130 150 40 280 100 150 30

QAM East Sussex, Brighton & Hove HA 110 60 50 * 170 90 80 10 180 90 80 *

QAN West Sussex HA 380 180 160 40 400 180 170 50 280 110 120 50

QCC Northamptonshire HA 290 120 160 10 270 120 150 10 270 120 140 *

QCE Oxfordshire HA 300 140 140 10 300 140 140 20 300 130 170 —

QD1 North & Mid Hampshire HA 220 100 110 10 220 90 120 10 250 90 110 50

QD2 Portsmouth & South East Hampshire HA 250 100 150 * 250 100 150 10 — — — —

QD3 Southampton & South West Hampshire HA 210 90 120 * 210 90 120 * 180 80 110 —

QD4 Isle Of Wight HA 70 20 50 — 60 10 50 — — — — —

QEV Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & South East Hampshire HA — — — — — — — — 310 110 200 *

South West 2,400 1,100 1,120 180 2,380 1,030 1,170 180 2,410 980 1,240 180

QD5 Somerset HA 190 100 90 * 190 90 90 * 180 80 100 *

QD6 South & West Devon HA 310 180 110 20 300 170 130 10 300 160 140 10

QD7 Wiltshire HA 470 180 200 90 420 180 210 40 450 170 240 50

QD8 Avon HA 420 190 210 10 430 180 210 40 460 150 250 50

QDV Cornwall & Isles of Scilly HA 220 90 130 10 230 80 140 10 220 80 130 *

QDW Dorset HA 260 110 120 30 290 110 130 60 280 110 120 50

QDX North & East Devon HA 260 120 130 — 260 110 140 — 270 130 140 *

QDY Gloucestershire HA 280 120 130 20 260 120 120 20 260 110 130 20

			1999				2000				2001
		Total	Full-time	Part-time	Bank	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Bank	Total	Full-time	Part-time	Bank

	England total	22,800	11,070	9,840	1,900	22,570	10,660	10,200	1,710	23,080	10,720	10,780	1,570
	Northern & Yorkshire	2,650	1,360	1,210	80	2,700	1,360	1,260	70	3,000	1,500	1,390	110
QDD	Bradford HA	280	170	110	10	300	170	120	10	310	170	130	10
QDE	County Durham & Darlington HA	190	100	90	—	190	100	90	10	200	100	100	10
QDF	East Riding & Hull HA	230	100	120	10	210	100	100	*	240	100	120	20
QDG	Gateshead & South Tyneside HA	170	80	70	20	160	80	70	10	180	90	60	20
QDH	Leeds HA	290	160	110	20	340	180	130	30	330	190	130	—
QDJ	Newcastle & North Tyneside HA	190	110	70	—	220	120	100	—	260	140	110	*
QDK	North Cumbria HA	140	50	90	—	140	40	90	10	140	50	80	*
QDM	Northumberland HA	160	80	80	*	150	70	80	—	170	70	80	20
QDN	Sunderland HA	130	80	50	—	120	80	40	—	120	80	40	—
QDP	Tees HA	250	120	120	*	240	130	110	*	300	150	150	—
QDQ	Wakefield HA	180	80	90	10	170	80	90	10	160	70	90	10
QDR	North Yorkshire HA	250	140	110	*	270	130	140	—	350	150	170	30
QDT	Calderdale & Kirklees HA	180	90	90	—	180	90	90	—	250	120	130	—
	Trent	2,270	1,100	1,090	80	2,280	1,040	1,190	50	2,200	940	1,220	40
QCG	Barnsley HA	100	60	30	*	100	60	40	—	100	60	40	—
QCH	North Derbyshire HA	120	70	50	*	120	60	50	*	140	70	60	*
QCJ	Southern Derbyshire HA	180	110	80	—	190	100	90	—	190	90	90	10
QCK	Doncaster HA	160	60	90	10	150	50	90	*	140	50	90	—
QCL	Leicestershire HA	390	190	170	40	390	180	180	30	370	160	190	20
QCM	Lincolnshire HA	260	100	140	10	260	100	150	10	250	90	160	—
QCN	North Nottinghamshire HA	140	70	70	*	140	60	80	—	90	40	40	—
QCP	Nottingham HA	360	170	190	—	390	160	240	—	460	170	290	—
QCQ	Rotherham HA	110	60	50	—	100	50	50	—	110	50	50	—
QCR	Sheffield HA	280	120	160	*	280	120	160	—	270	110	150	*
QDL	South Humber HA	160	90	70	*	160	80	80	*	80	30	50	*
	West Midlands	2,790	1,250	1,300	230	2,700	1,180	1,350	180	2,640	1,160	1,380	100
QD9	Birmingham HA	830	400	310	120	790	390	310	80	740	380	330	20
QEA	Coventry HA	200	80	120	*	190	70	110	10	200	80	120	*
QEC	Dudley HA	160	50	80	30	170	40	80	40	160	50	90	20
QED	Herefordshire HA	70	30	40	*	70	30	40	—	70	30	40	*
QEE	Sandwell HA	100	60	20	10	100	60	20	10	100	60	20	20
QEF	Shropshire HA	210	50	160	—	210	40	170	—	210	40	160	—
QEH	North Staffordshire HA	220	110	110	—	220	110	110	—	210	90	110	—
QEJ	South Staffordshire HA	200	110	90	*	210	100	100	*	210	100	100	*
QEK	Walsall HA	160	70	80	10	150	70	80	*	150	60	80	10
QEL	Warwickshire HA	200	90	90	10	200	90	100	10	200	90	110	*
QEM	Wolverhampton HA	140	70	70	—	140	70	70	—	140	60	70	—
QEN	Worcestershire HA	290	120	130	40	260	100	140	20	260	100	140	20
	North West	3,630	1,750	1,680	210	3,550	1,700	1,700	140	3,670	1,720	1,790	170
QC1	South Lancashire HA	40	30	10	—	40	30	10	—	40	30	*	—
QC2	Liverpool HA	230	100	120	10	240	100	120	20	340	140	200	*
QC3	Manchester HA	400	240	150	—	410	240	150	20	380	230	150	*
QC4	Morecambe Bay HA	120	50	60	20	120	50	70	*	160	70	90	10
QC5	St Helen's & Knowsley HA	120	70	50	—	120	60	60	—	120	60	60	—
QC6	Salford & Trafford HA	240	110	120	10	220	100	120	—	200	100	110	—
QC7	Sefton HA	230	100	120	10	280	100	150	40	130	50	60	10
QC8	Stockport HA	180	100	70	10	160	90	70	—	190	90	70	20
QC9	West Pennine HA	160	90	70	—	180	90	70	20	300	110	120	60
QCT	Bury & Rochdale HA	210	100	110	*	190	100	100	*	200	100	100	*
QCV	North Cheshire HA	160	60	100	—	170	70	90	10	160	70	90	—
QCW	South Cheshire HA	360	140	180	40	330	140	180	10	340	140	180	20
QCX	East Lancashire HA	340	140	130	70	280	150	130	*	270	140	140	—
QCY	North West Lancashire HA	340	140	180	20	330	140	180	20	340	140	180	20
QDA	Wigan and Bolton HA	310	180	130	—	310	160	150	—	330	160	180	*
QDC	Wirral HA	190	100	70	20	180	90	70	10	180	90	70	20
	Eastern	2,000	920	930	150	2,150	900	970	280	2,080	880	1,000	200
QA6	Bedfordshire HA	220	110	110	10	270	100	120	50	250	110	120	30
QAX	North Essex HA	310	150	160	*	370	140	160	70	320	150	160	—
QAY	South Essex HA	240	130	110	10	260	130	110	20	250	130	100	20
QCF	Suffolk HA	160	50	70	40	150	50	100	—	140	50	90	—
QEP	East & North Hertfordshire HA	220	100	100	20	200	90	90	20	*	—	—	—
QEQ	West Hertfordshire HA	160	50	70	40	240	100	90	60	—	—	—	—
QER	Cambridgeshire HA	420	200	190	20	310	140	140	30	420	140	170	120
QET	Norfolk HA	270	140	120	10	340	140	170	40	310	130	180	—
QEX	Hertfordshire HA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	380	170	170	40
	London	3,700	2,060	930	710	3,400	1,940	920	540	3,530	2,010	1,020	500
QA2	Hillingdon HA	230	110	70	50	100	60	40	—	110	60	50	—
QA3	Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster HA	240	160	60	20	220	140	60	20	220	140	70	10
QA4	Enfield & Haringey HA	100	70	20	10	100	70	20	10	*	—	—	—
QA5	Redbridge & Waltham Forest HA	220	140	70	—	210	130	80	—	120	80	40	—
QAA	Bexley & Greenwich HA	180	60	80	30	200	60	90	50	—	—	—	—
QAC	Bromley HA	90	60	30	—	80	50	30	—	—	—	—	—
QAD	Croydon HA	200	60	40	100	90	30	20	40	110	50	50	10
QAG	Kingston & Richmond HA	180	70	80	30	160	70	70	20	160	60	70	30
QAH	Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham HA	420	300	60	60	380	290	60	30	430	300	100	40
QAJ	Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth HA	380	190	120	60	380	180	120	80	350	190	110	50
QAP	Barking & Havering HA	130	90	40	*	150	90	40	20	250	140	70	40
QAQ	Barnet HA	220	120	60	30	210	100	60	50	—	—	—	—
QAR	Brent & Harrow HA	160	100	40	20	180	100	40	40	130	80	30	10
QAT	Camden & Islington HA	220	140	30	60	230	140	40	50	220	150	50	20
QAV	Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow HA	330	130	60	140	380	190	90	100	440	180	100	150
QAW	East London & the City HA	420	260	70	80	340	230	60	40	370	260	60	50
QEW	Barnet, Enfield & Haringey HA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	330	190	80	60
QEY	Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich HA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	290	120	130	40
	South East	3,360	1,510	1,580	270	3,410	1,500	1,640	260	3,550	1,530	1,750	270
QA7	Berkshire HA	310	150	120	40	320	160	130	30	340	170	140	30
QA8	Buckinghamshire HA	290	140	120	30	280	130	120	30	340	130	140	70
QAE	East Kent HA	130	70	50	*	120	60	60	—	260	110	150	*
QAF	West Kent HA	510	220	200	80	480	220	200	60	440	220	190	20
QAK	East Surrey HA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	130	70	60	*
QAL	West Surrey HA	290	110	140	40	320	130	150	40	280	100	150	30
QAM	East Sussex, Brighton & Hove HA	110	60	50	*	170	90	80	10	180	90	80	*
QAN	West Sussex HA	380	180	160	40	400	180	170	50	280	110	120	50
QCC	Northamptonshire HA	290	120	160	10	270	120	150	10	270	120	140	*
QCE	Oxfordshire HA	300	140	140	10	300	140	140	20	300	130	170	—
QD1	North & Mid Hampshire HA	220	100	110	10	220	90	120	10	250	90	110	50
QD2	Portsmouth & South East Hampshire HA	250	100	150	*	250	100	150	10	—	—	—	—
QD3	Southampton & South West Hampshire HA	210	90	120	*	210	90	120	*	180	80	110	—
QD4	Isle Of Wight HA	70	20	50	—	60	10	50	—	—	—	—	—
QEV	Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & South East Hampshire HA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	310	110	200	*
	South West	2,400	1,100	1,120	180	2,380	1,030	1,170	180	2,410	980	1,240	180
QD5	Somerset HA	190	100	90	*	190	90	90	*	180	80	100	*
QD6	South & West Devon HA	310	180	110	20	300	170	130	10	300	160	140	10
QD7	Wiltshire HA	470	180	200	90	420	180	210	40	450	170	240	50
QD8	Avon HA	420	190	210	10	430	180	210	40	460	150	250	50
QDV	Cornwall & Isles of Scilly HA	220	90	130	10	230	80	140	10	220	80	130	*
QDW	Dorset HA	260	110	120	30	290	110	130	60	280	110	120	50
QDX	North & East Devon HA	260	120	130	—	260	110	140	—	270	130	140	*
QDY	Gloucestershire HA	280	120	130	20	260	120	120	20	260	110	130	20

Notes:Figures are rounded to the nearest ten.

Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts.

Figures exclude learners and agency staff.

Bank nurses work flexible hours to meet service requirements but do not have a full time or part time classification.

* five or less and greater than zero.

— zero.

Source:

Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.

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