Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Statement of 29 June (HL Deb cols 868–70), how many letters and complaints about Nottingham maternity and neonatal services were received by the Department of Health and Social Care from MPs in the 13 years covered by the report.

The information requested can only be provided at a disproportionate cost to the Department.

However, the Department has listened to the significant concerns that families have raised about their care, experiences, and devastating outcomes at Nottingham maternity and neonatal services.

In May 2022, NHS England commissioned an independent review of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust maternity services after significant concerns were raised in relation to quality and safety of care, and concerns of local families. On 24 June, the independent report into Nottingham University Hospitals was published, and we will carefully consider Donna Ockenden’s recommendations in full and take the decisive action needed. Both former and current ministers have met with families affected by the failings at Nottingham maternity services, to listen to their experiences.