Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 35169

Midwives: Training

Tabled: 3 March 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025

Question

Olly Glover

Liberal DemocratDidcot and Wantage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of midwife training with respect to (a) pay and (b) conditions and (i) the impact to the profession and (ii) the care that expectant parents recei

Answer

Karin Smyth
In addition to the student loans system, there is supplementary financial support available from the Department to midwifery students through the NHS Learning Support Fund (LSF). The LSF provides eligible midwifery students with a non-repayable training g...

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