Question follow-through · 40661
Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to culturally appropriate maternity care for women from diverse ethnic backgrounds in (a) urban and (b) rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 3 Apr 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to culturally appropriate maternity care for women from diverse ethnic backgrounds in (a) urban and (b) rural areas.
26 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Apr 2025
Answer published
Taking action to tackle racism experienced by both staff and patients is essential to providing safe services for everyone. It is right that the National Health Service takes proactive steps to address prejudice and discrimination where it exists across t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
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25 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the impact of (a) housing, (b) income, (c) access to education and (d) other social determinants of health on maternal health outcomes for ethnic
Maternity Services: Racial Discrimination
27 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) his Department and (b) the National Institute for Health Research have commissioned (i) research and (ii) evaluation on systemic racism in maternity services.
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27 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to ensure that (a) all and (b) ethnic minority women have effective access to (i) postnatal care, (ii) mental health support and (iii) support for new mothers.
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Maternity Services: Staff
27 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking through (a) recruitment and (b) retention practices to ensure the diversity of the maternity healthcare professional workforce.
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