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Maternity Services: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on (a) renewing the national maternity safety ambitions beyond 2025 and (b) amending those ambitions to include reducing inequalities.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
11 Nov 2024
Answer
13 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 6 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on (a) renewing the national maternity safety ambitions beyond 2025 and (b) amending those ambitions to include reducing inequalities.

  2. 11 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to ensuring that all women and babies received safe, personalised, equitable, and compassionate care. I am urgently considering, with my officials and NHS England, the immediate action needed across maternity and neonatal servi...

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