Hospitals: Discharges
Commons · Question 97834 · Tabled 8 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking with the NHS to end the practice of discharging mothers with newborn babies into B&Bs or other unsuitable accommodation.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 16 Dec 2025
The Government is working closely with the National Health Service to end the practice of mothers with newborns being discharged to bed and breakfasts or other forms of unsuitable shared housing.Our new Child Poverty Strategy was published 5 December 2025...