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Maternity Services: Staff

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 22 January 2026UIN 105276

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has decided who the members of the maternity and neonatal taskforce will be.

Answered by Karin Smyth

We are now finalising taskforce membership based on valuable feedback from some families and those who work in the maternity and neonatal sector. The members of the taskforce will be announced in due course.

The taskforce will include family representatives, those with clinical and international perspectives, workforce representatives, charities, and campaigners, including those who can speak to the inequalities within maternal health.

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