Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 96320

Pregnancy: Monitoring

Tabled: 2 December 2025

Answered: 15 January 2026

Named Day

Question

Paula Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the effectiveness of the monitoring of early foetal development in patients by trusts and (b) trends in the level of variations in that monitoring by

Answer

Karin Smyth

Monitoring and reviewing Foetal Growth Restriction is a key safety component of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle (Care Bundle) which includes the Foetal Growth standard. NHS Resolution monitors this through the Maternity Incentive Scheme as part of the...

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