Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 23897
Hereditary Diseases: Midwives and Nurses
Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 28 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 22100 on Genetics: Diseases, how many additional (a) midwives and (b) close relative neonatal nurses were provided for the Genetic Risk Equity p
Answer
Ashley DaltonThere were an additional 3.8 working time equivalent (WTE) midwives and 1 WTE neonatal nurse in post in 2024/25. Staff costs represented 22% of project costs, or 59% if full recruitment to funded posts was secured.