Written questions

Maternity Services: Standards

Commons · Question 118628 · Tabled 6 Mar 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Freddie van Mierlo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what analysis his department has undertaken of the staffing and capacity pressures identified in the Amos Review's interim report, and what options are being examined to support maternity and neona

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 25 Mar 2026

The Government is committed to tackling the retention and recruitment challenges that face the National Health Service. This includes work in maternity and neonatal services to introduce a midwifery and nursing retention self-assessment tool, mentoring sc...