A question on #MaternityServices #Devon tabled by Richard Foord on 26-03-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Maternity Services: Devon
Question ID: 1788757
UIN: 41533
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-26
Asking Member ID: 4942
Asking Member display name: Richard Foord
Asking Member handle: richardfoordld
Asking Member Twitter reference: @richardfoordld
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department taking to ensure that maternity hospitals are adequately staffed to ensure high quality care for pregnant women in Devon.
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Date answered: 2025-04-03
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4444
Answering Member display name: Karin Smyth
Answering Member handle: karinsmyth
Answering Member Twitter reference: @karinsmyth
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Answer text: The Government is committed to tackling the retention and recruitment challenges that face the National Health Service. Bringing in the staff we need will take time, but this is an absolute priority for the Government.NHS England is leading a range of ini...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true