Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to publish a maternity strategy following the conclusion of the Independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation.

Baroness Amos has advised that the independent National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation will publish its final report and recommendations in June 2026.

The Government has launched a new National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce, chaired by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. The taskforce will address the recommendations of the National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation by developing a new national action plan. This action plan will set out the Government’s strategic approach to driving improvements across maternity and neonatal care.

The taskforce will hold the system to account for implementing the plan, improving outcomes and experiences, and reducing inequalities for women, babies and families.

We want to end the cycle of recommendations that do not deliver the change that we know is needed.