Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 45960

Maternity Services: Fathers

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Alistair Strathern

LabourHitchin

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 Smyth
The 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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