Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication of the MBRRACE Perinatal Confidential Enquiry into stillbirths and neonatal deaths in twin pregnancies, what steps he is taking to ensure that pregnant women expecting multiples are looked after by a multidisciplinary team of doctors, midwives and sonographers who are experts in twin pregnancies.

Multidisciplinary fetal medicine clinics are being established across England, which aim to ensure that high risk women, including women expecting multiples, have timely access to specialist advice and care at all stages of pregnancy.

The Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle is contributing to reducing perinatal mortality with a specific focus on the management of fetal growth restriction and preterm birth prevention through collaborative working across maternity and neonatal teams. The Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme includes a major focus on preterm optimisation through interventions that require multidisciplinary working and care planning to ensure seamless care delivery.