PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Maternity Services: Standards (15 July 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of community-based models for delivering maternity care in respect of improving maternal outcomes.

Asked by:
Feryal Clark (Labour)

NHS England are implementing the outcomes of ‘Better Births: Improving outcomes of maternity services in England. A Five Year Forward View for maternity care’, which called for safer, more personalised and family-centred care which offers women choice across organisational boundaries. This is supported by midwifery continuity of carer provided by teams based within communities.

Answered by:
James Morris (Conservative)
22 July 2022