Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 192733

Midwives: Apprentices

Tabled: 5 July 2023
Answered: 11 July 2023

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department are taking to support Maternity Support Workers undertaking midwifery apprenticeships.

Answer

The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, sets an ambition for 5% of the annual intake for midwifery training to come through apprenticeship routes (compared to under 1% currently). The National Health Service is supportive of this bein...
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