EDM: NHS maternity services

NHS maternity services

Tabled by Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat) 25 signatures

The motion

That this House believes that the UK should be the safest country in the world to have a baby; regrets that 65% of maternity units do not meet the classification of good for standards of safety; recognises the serious harm caused to mothers and babies and the cost to the NHS of maternal clinical negligence claims as a result of these failings; calls on the Government to ensure that every unit in the country achieves at least a good rating of safety; urges the Government to not use Baroness Amos' review as a reason for delay when the issues in maternity care have been well-documented by previous reviews and inquires; and further urges the Government to implement Liberal Democrat calls to improve NHS maternity services, including through 24/7 consultant obstetrician cover on maternity wards, one-to-one midwifery care for every woman in labour, recruiting more consultant midwives, investing in fixing crumbling maternity and neonatal units, and a national Maternity commissioner to oversee improved standards of care.

Signatories (25)