Health and Social Care Debate
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Laura Kyrke-Smith
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Paul Waugh (Rochdale) (Lab/Co-op)
What steps his Department is taking to improve maternity care.
Laura Kyrke-Smith (Aylesbury) (Lab)
What steps his Department is taking to improve maternity and neonatal care.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Wes Streeting)
… We have invested more than £131 million to improve neonatal care facilities, brought in a new maternity care bundle, implemented a programme to reduce the two leading causes of avoidable brain injury during labour, and increased maternal mental health services. There is so much more to do, however, to guarantee safety now and into the future, and also to ensure truth, justice and accountability for past failures.
[Official Report, 13 January 2026; Vol. 778, c. 734.]
Written correction submitted by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the right hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting):