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Maternity Services: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve safety within maternity services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
3 Feb 2025
Target answer date
5 Feb 2025
Answer
13 Feb 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 3 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve safety within maternity services.

  2. 5 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The Government continues to work with the National Health Service as it delivers its three-year plan for maternity and neonatal services. The plan sets out how the NHS will make maternity and neonatal care safer, more personalised, and more equitable for ...

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