
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9342
Date Request Received: 13/04/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 30/04/2026 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Midwifery students and vacancies for newly qualified midwives
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: I would like to ask, as a FOI request, for each maternity unit in your trust - What is the name of your maternity unit? | |
| Answer To Question 1: SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ | |
| Question Number 2: How many 3rd year midwifery students do you have doing their clinical placement in your maternity unit, this academic year 2025-6? | |
| Answer To Question 2: 12 | |
| Question Number 3: How many vacancies do you expect to have for newly qualified midwives in September 2026? | |
| Answer To Question 3: Less than 5. | |
| Question Number 4: How many vacancies do you expect to have in September - December 2026 for newly qualified midwives? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Less than 5. | |
| Question Number 5: What communications have you sent to your 3rd year midwifery students to inform them about expected job opportunities when they qualify? | |
| Answer To Question 5: An e-mail stating current position and likely number of jobs available from September 2026. | |
| Question Number 6: If and when there are vacancies for newly qualified midwives, are midwives who trained at your trust/unit automatically offered a job without an interview / guaranteed an interview / not guaranteed a job nor an interview? | |
| Answer To Question 6: Midwives who trained at the Trust are not guaranteed a job or an interview. | |
| Question Number 7: How many Band 5 newly qualified midwives have been recruited in your unit since September 2025? | |
| Answer To Question 7: 12. | |
| Question Number 8: How many of those are on permanent contracts? | |
| Answer To Question 8: 12 | |
| Question Number 9: How many of those are on short-term contracts? | |
| Answer To Question 9: None. | |
| Question Number 10: How many of those are full-time? | |
| Answer To Question 10: 9 | |
| Question Number 11: How many of those are part-time? | |
| Answer To Question 11: Less than 5. | |
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Our staff at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of NHS Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.