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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Baby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity Care

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered baby loss and safe staffing in maternity care.

I am honoured to begin this important Baby Loss Awareness Week debate about safe staffing in maternity care, which is imperative. I speak today as the co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Baby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity Care

"He was a whopper; he still is a whopper. It caused long-term damage to my pelvis but, worse, he has had to battle his entire life with learning difficulties caused by a lack of oxygen at his birth. He was a floppy, quiet baby, and at 18 months he was …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Baby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity Care

"It is, Guy. Now you have made me feel more upset...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Baby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity Care

"You have done. Yes, that loss never goes away. I still feel guilty, because it was so early; I did not go through what people such as my hon. Friend have gone through...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Baby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity Care

"I agree that local maternity services— I have the Rowan suite in Hartlepool—are invaluable, because the midwives know their community. They know the women—they are often friends with the mother or an aunt—and that gives them the feeling that people are listening all the time. It is also important that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Baby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity Care

"I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. I am reassured that everybody involved in that case is working hard to put things right.

I am regularly in contact with the wonderful staff at the Rowan suite in Hartlepool. They, too, advocate for the importance of bereavement care for …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Baby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity Care

"I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Sadly, that is not a matter for me as I am not a Minister; it will be for the Minister to reply to that.

Will the Minister look at training more bereavement midwives? Sands has developed the national bereavement care pathway, which …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Baby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity Care

"I thank my hon. Friend; she must not apologise because obviously this issue is very close to us all. We feel very deeply for all mothers who lose. That is one thing that I wish to ask the Minister to do: will she ask the Government to mandate the national …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Baby Loss and Safe Staffing in Maternity Care

"I sincerely thank all colleagues who have taken part in the debate, particularly those who have shared their own devastating personal stories. As the hon. Member for Leeds East (Richard Burgon) said, there is clearly cross-party support for addressing this important issue; I do not think anyone in the Chamber …..."
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Written Question
Mental Health Services: Mothers
Wednesday 13th July 2022

Asked by: Jill Mortimer (Conservative - Hartlepool)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve maternal mental health services.

Answered by Gillian Keegan

We have deployed specialist community perinatal mental health services in England. The NHS Long Term Plan committed to improve the safety, quality and continuity of care and allow an additional 24,000 women to access specialist perinatal mental health care by 2023/24. This will also be available from preconception to 24 months after birth to provide an additional year of support.

We are expanding access to psychological and talking therapies within specialist perinatal mental health services. A further 33 maternal mental health services will integrate psychological therapy, maternity services and reproductive health for women who have mental health needs following trauma or loss related to their maternity experience. These will be available in England by March 2024.

We have also invested £100 million in perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationship support, through the Start for Life and Family Hub programme for 75 upper tier local authorities in England. This will improve access to early intervention to support the wellbeing and mental health of parents and carers.