Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 10925

Infant Mortality: Stoke-on-Trent North

Tabled: 23 October 2024
Answered: 29 October 2024

Question

David Williams

LabourStoke-on-Trent North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle infant mortality rates in (a) Stoke-on-Trent North constituency and (b) Kidsgrove.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Government is working closely with NHS England to reduce infant mortality, while training thousands more midwives to better support women throughout their pregnancy and beyond.Infant mortality remains a complex multifactorial public health issue and i...

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