Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 38280

Medical Records: Babies

Tabled: 13 March 2025
Answered: 31 March 2025

Question

Gregor Poynton

LabourLivingston

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that NHS services (a) engage with new fathers and (b) record their details alongside mothers in their baby's health records.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The National Health Service’s three-year plan for maternity and neonatal services recognises that listening and responding to all women and families, including fathers, is an essential part of safe and high-quality care.Maternity and neonatal voices partn...

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