Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 52803

Maternity Services: West Dorset

Tabled: 15 May 2025

Answered: 2 June 2025

Question

Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate access to maternity care for people in West Dorset constituency, in the context of the closure of Yeovil’s maternity unit.

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Government will ensure that trusts failing on maternity care are robustly supported into rapid improvement, and we will continue to work with the National Health Service as it delivers its three-year maternity and neonatal delivery plan to ensure wome...

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