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Maternity Services: Reviews

Commons · Question 10962 · Tabled 17 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 12 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many major reviews into NHS maternity services have been undertaken since 2000.

Answer

Answered by Preet Kaur Gill, 12 Jul 2026

There have been six widely recognised major reviews into National Health Service maternity services since 2000, with the caveat that there is no definition of "major review”, which are as follows:- the Morecambe Bay Investigation led by Bill Kirkup i...