Maternity Services: Equality
Commons · Question 13088 · Tabled 6 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 13 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Chris Bloore
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on (a) renewing the national maternity safety ambitions beyond 2025 and (b) amending those ambitions to include reducing inequalities.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 13 Nov 2024
The Government is committed to ensuring that all women and babies received safe, personalised, equitable, and compassionate care. I am urgently considering, with my officials and NHS England, the immediate action needed across maternity and neonatal servi...