Question follow-through · 13530

Bereavement Counselling: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to tackle regional disparities in access to specialist mental health support for parents following baby loss.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 26 Jun 2026
Target answer date: 30 Jun 2026
Answer: 8 Jul 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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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

26 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to tackle regional disparities in access to specialist mental health support for parents following baby loss.
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jul 2026
Answer published
We are committed to ensuring that all parents experiencing the devastating loss of a baby receive timely, equitable, and compassionate support, regardless of where they live.Every National Health Service trust in England has signed up to the National Bere...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Wexham Park Hospital: Midwives

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with Frimley Health NHS Trust on progress made on the recruitment of midwives for Wexham Park Hospital.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Maternity Services: Slough

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to improve emergency maternity care in Slough.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Olanzapine: Lactose

1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the answer of 14 November 2025 to UIN 87821, which 11 companies have olanzapine products which do not list lactose as an ingredient.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Lung Cancer: Slough

1 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the percentage uptake of lung cancer screenings for those invited in Slough constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Postpartum Haemorrhage: Slough

8 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many instances of postpartum haemorrhage occurred in Slough constituency in each of the last five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Postpartum Haemorrhage: Health Services

8 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help improve (a) recognition (b) early intervention and (c) access to treatment for patients who experience Postpartum haemorrhage.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Slough

9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to reduce waiting times for mental health services in Slough.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Slough

9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to reduce waiting times for mental health assessments in the constituency of Slough.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Restraint Techniques

9 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has`made of the adequacy of guidance available to NHS staff on the use of restrictive practice within inpatient mental health services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

ADHD: Slough

13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to reduce waiting times for ADHD assessments in the constituency of Slough.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Safety

13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with NHS trusts regarding the consistent implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework within mental health services.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

NHS: Safety

13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps have been taken to ensure the safety of (a) NHS staff and (b) patients within NHS services in Slough constituency.