Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what new actions, not already in place prior to the establishment of the Maternity and Neonatal Investigation led by Baroness Amos, are being taken to reduce maternal deaths, stillbirths and neonatal mortality.

The Government has implemented several initiatives since June 2025 aimed at reducing maternal deaths, stillbirths, and neonatal mortality. In December 2025, we introduced a new early warning system to monitor the rates of term stillbirth, neonatal death, and brain injury. It will immediately flag unusually high rates to prompt a rapid review of any safety concerns.

In January 2026, we rolled out the Maternal Care Bundle which provides guidance to tackle the leading causes of maternal death including thrombosis, mental health, epilepsy, and haemorrhage. We have also introduced the Maternity and Neonatal Improvement Support Team as a new national improvement offer providing intensive dedicated support to struggling trusts, to replace the Maternity Safety Support Programme which ended on 31 December 2025.