Question follow-through · 81352

Maternity Services: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many bedrooms are available for parents and carers in neonatal units, broken down by (a) region, (b) Integrated Care Board, (c) Trust and (d) in England.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
15 Oct 2025
Answer
22 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many bedrooms are available for parents and carers in neonatal units, broken down by (a) region, (b) Integrated Care Board, (c) Trust and (d) in England.

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Not all maternity hospitals are currently able to offer adequate accommodation for families who have experienced a bereavement. This is due to the historic undercapitalisation across the National Health Service, as highlighted by the Darzi Report. As a fi...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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