Question follow-through · 52800
Maternity Services: Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s Maternity Unit on local maternity services.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 7 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
15 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the impact of the closure of Yeovil District Hospital’s Maternity Unit on local maternity services.
19 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2025
Answer published
When a decision has been taken quickly because of the risks to patient or staff safety, or welfare, the Government expects the local National Health Service commissioning body to notify and provide a rationale to their local Health Overview and Scrutiny C...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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