Dr Beccy Cooper
Maternity Services
The following extract is from the Westminster Hall debate on Maternity Services on 25 February 2025.
Dr Beccy Cooper
…The Women and Equalities Committee highlights that gynaecological care waiting lists have grown faster than lists in any other specialty in recent years. As a public health professional, it saddens me to say this, but the NHS Confederation reports that the UK stands out as the country with the largest female health gap in the G20 and the 12th largest globally, with women spending three more years in ill health and disability compared with men. Those systemic failings underpin the poor outcomes and health inequalities that we see in maternity care.
[Official Report, 25 February 2025; Vol. 762, c. 303WH.]
Written correction submitted by the hon. Member for Worthing West (Dr Cooper):
Dr Beccy Cooper
…The Women and Equalities Committee highlights that gynaecological care waiting lists have grown faster than lists in any other specialty in recent years. As a public health professional, it saddens me to say that women spend more years in ill health and disability compared with men. Those systemic failings underpin the poor outcomes and health inequalities that we see in maternity care.