PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Maternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust Independent Review (3 July 2023)

The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan sets out the steps the NHS and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. It will put the workforce on a sustainable footing for the long term.

The Government is backing the plan with over £2.4 billion over the next five years to fund additional education and training places over five years. This is on top of increases to education and training investment, reaching a record £6.1 billion over the next two years

The Department alongside the NHS have set up a working group chaired by the Royal College of Midwifery and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to help guide the implementation of the Ockenden and to support our consideration of the Kirkup recommendations.

The Ockenden review recommendations sits with the Single delivery plan published on 30 March 2023. NHS England published its three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services. The delivery plan will make maternity and neonatal care safer, more personalised, and more equitable for women, babies, and families.

The delivery plan sets out that it is the responsibility of integrated care boards to commission and implement perinatal pelvic health services by the end of March 2024, in line with national service specifications, to identify, prevent, and treat common pelvic floor problems in pregnant women and new mothers.