Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of maternity and neonatal services in North Staffordshire.

Maternity and neonatal services in North Staffordshire are provided at two sites by University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust at the County Hospital in Stafford and The Royal Stoke University Hospital. Maternity services at the County Hospital and the Royal Stoke University Hospital were last inspected by the Care Quality Commission in 2019 and rated as good overall, with the safe domain rated as requires improvement.

Whilst there are no plans currently in place to make a further assessment of the effectiveness of maternity and neonatal services in North Staffordshire, I would be happy to meet the hon. Member to address their concerns directly.