Midwives: Labour Turnover
Commons · Question 1748 · Tabled 15 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 21 May 2026
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives who started working in the NHS in England in the last ten years stopped working for the NHS after i) one, ii) two, iii) three and iv) five years.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 21 May 2026
Staff working in the National Health Service can leave active service, or undertake planned breaks in service, for a wide range of reasons, for example for further training, for periods of maternity or paternity leave, for career breaks, or to move to ser...