Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish a Royal Commission into the future of maternity services.

There are no current plans to commission a public inquiry into the future of maternity services. Recent independent reviews of maternity services in Shrewsbury and Telford and East Kent have highlighted the need for change and the action required. To bring together the recommendations from these reviews, NHS England has published a Three year delivery Plan for maternity and neonatal services, which sets out how the National Health Service will make maternity and neonatal care safer, more personalised, and more equitable for women, babies, and families. A copy of the plan is attached.

All our efforts are currently focused on implementing the recommendations and actions from recent maternity reviews without delay, many of which were aimed at improving all maternity services across England.