Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 45960
Maternity Services: Fathers
Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025
Named DayQuestion
Alistair Strathern
Labour — Hitchin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to support NHS trusts to (a) recognise and (b) involve fathers as parents in (i) maternity and (ii) early childhood services.
Answer
Karin SmythThe National Health Service’s three-year delivery plan for maternity and neonatal services recognises that listening and responding to all women, their partners and families, is an essential part of enabling and delivering safe and high-quality care. Ther...
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