Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government when the first meeting of the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce is set to take place.

The membership of the National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce is currently being finalised, and the first meeting of the taskforce will be held early this year. Following engagement with some families and stakeholders, the Terms of Reference are also being developed and will be published in due course.

This will allow the taskforce to begin to address some of the entrenched issues we know exist and be fully prepared to act once the national maternity and neonatal investigation reports in Spring 2026.The taskforce will work rapidly to transform the investigation’s recommendations into a deliverable new national action plan to drive real change.