Question follow-through · 51577
Health Services: Fathers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) create a pathway for (i) expectant and (ii) new fathers and (b) ensure that NHS staff are trained to (A) engage with and (B) provide (1) information and (
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2025
- Answer
- 19 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) create a pathway for (i) expectant and (ii) new fathers and (b) ensure that NHS staff are trained to (A) engage with and (B) provide (1) information and (
19 May 2025
Target answer date
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19 May 2025
Answer published
Listening and responding to all women and families, including expectant and new fathers, is an essential part of providing safe and high-quality care. There are multiple actions in place that recognise and involve new and expectant fathers. These include:...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Gambling: Mental Health Services
1 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the proposals on gambling outlined in the letter sent to him by the Health and Social Care Committee on 8 May 2025.