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Wednesday 03 June 2026
Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_9342

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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