Maternity Services: Fathers
Commons · Question 87143 · Tabled 31 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to improve the quality of stay for fathers in the maternity ward.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Dec 2025
When a mother chooses to have support from the father or partner during labour, birth, and in the postnatal period, the father or partner should feel welcome to stay with her. Where possible, fathers or partners are offered a chair or fold up bed to enabl...