Question follow-through · 73582
Maternity Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that the national review of Maternity Services (a) includes representations from (i) patients and (ii) campaign groups and (b) encour
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 Aug 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 17 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
29 Aug 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of ensuring that the national review of Maternity Services (a) includes representations from (i) patients and (ii) campaign groups and (b) encour
3 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
On 23 June, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced an independent investigation into National Health Service maternity and neonatal services to understand the systemic issues behind why so many women, babies, and fa...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Maternity Services: Reviews
3 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which NHS Trusts will be involved in the Rapid National Investigation into maternity and neonatal services.
Midwives: Oxfordshire
10 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July to Question 66814 on Health Services: Oxfordshire, what steps he is taking to ensure that Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is able to recruit and r
Methylphenidate: Shortages
10 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January to Question 25553 on Methylphenidate Shortages, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the current supply of methylphenidate for ADHD.
Vamorolone
10 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 64336 on Vamorolone, what the consequences are for (a) Integrated Care Boards and (b) NHS Trusts for not making NICE recommended medicines availab
Terminal Illnesses: Medical Treatments
10 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the impact on carers is included in NICE technology appraisals for rare and progressive diseases.
Terminal Illnesses: Medical Treatments
10 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that NICE appraisals for (a) Duchenne muscular dystrophy and (b) other rare, progressive conditions take into account urgency of access.
Members: Correspondence
10 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to the letter of 10 July 2025 from the hon. Member for Henley and Thame on maternity services.
Hormone Replacement Therapy
15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 35541 and and the Answer of 12 May to Question 50770 on Hormone Replacement Therapy, (a) what progress has been made and (b) what further steps ar
Cerliponase Alfa
16 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on securing long term access to cerliponase alfa.
NHS: Drugs
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's processes for (a) forecasting, (b) alerting and (c) responding to medicine shortages.
NHS: Drugs
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the fortnightly notification provided to medicine suppliers regarding medicine shortages.
NHS: Drugs
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with his international counterparts on (a) the suitability of country-level forecasts of supply needs for medicines up to three years in advance and (b) the steps needed