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Maternity Services: Compensation and Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of trends in complaints and compensation payments for unacceptable standards of maternity care since 2015.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Dec 2025
Target answer date
15 Dec 2025
Answer
22 Dec 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has been made of trends in complaints and compensation payments for unacceptable standards of maternity care since 2015.

  2. 15 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 22 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    As assessment has not been made of the trends in complaints for unacceptable standards of maternity care. The rising costs of clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service in England is, however, of great concern to the Government.A repor...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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