Written questions

Maternity Services: West Dorset

Commons · Question 52803 · Tabled 15 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 2 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate access to maternity care for people in West Dorset constituency, in the context of the closure of Yeovil’s maternity unit.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 2 Jun 2025

The Government will ensure that trusts failing on maternity care are robustly supported into rapid improvement, and we will continue to work with the National Health Service as it delivers its three-year maternity and neonatal delivery plan to ensure wome...