Maternity Services: Safety
(asked on 20th December 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential role of localised Neonatal Safety Champions in improving outcomes.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 9th January 2023
There has been a requirement for localised Neonatal Safety Champions to be appointed alongside their maternity counterparts since 2019. They are responsible for supporting the provision of multidisciplinary perinatal services, the implementation of the Neonatal Critical Care Review, representing safety needs of their services at board level, and ensuring the safe delivery of care provision.