Health and Social Care Committee
Debate between Tom Hayes and Clive Betts(6 days, 11 hours ago)
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Mr Clive Betts (in the Chair)
I call Tom Hayes and then Ben Coleman: two questions and one response.
Tom Hayes (Bournemouth East) (Lab)
I welcome the statement and the important work of the Select Committee. I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Erdington (Paulette Hamilton) for her leadership. It is striking that in England black mums are twice as likely to die as white mums. In Dorset our NHS is really eager to get this right. We have a new maternity, neonatal, early pregnancy and emergency gynaecology unit at the Royal Bournemouth hospital in the new BEACH building, and there is a plan to make records available in accessible languages and formats. Can my hon. Friend speak a little about what Dorset could do more of to make its healthcare more accessible?