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Independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation

Asked by Sir Alec ShelbrookeConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 4 November 2025UIN 78107

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, who has been selected to represent (a) midwifery, (b) obstetrics and (c) neonatal care for his Independent Maternity and Neonatal Investigation.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The list of Expert Advisers supporting Baroness Amos is published in the terms of reference. They include:

a) Professor Julia Sanders and Lesley Sharkey, both midwives.

b) Professor Alex Heazell and Dr Christine Ekechi, both obstetricians.

c) Dr Edile Murdoch and Dr Alison Bedford-Russell, both neonatologists.

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