Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 34044

Maternity Services: Greater Manchester

Tabled: 26 February 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure (a) midwives and (b) maternity units across Greater Manchester have up-to-date equipment.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The responsibility for local funding decisions, including on equipment, ultimately rests with the appropriate National Health Service commissioner. To ensure midwives and maternity units across Greater Manchester have up-to-date equipment, the following s...

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