A question on #MaternityServices #EthnicGroups tabled by Bell Ribeiro-Addy on 24-03-2025 has been answered by Karin Smyth.

Heading: Maternity Services: Ethnic Groups
Question ID: 1787905
UIN: 40657
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-24
Asking Member ID: 4764
Asking Member display name: Bell Ribeiro-Addy
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department collects on the (a) racial and (b) ethnic backgrounds of women experiencing adverse maternity outcomes; and how that data is used to inform policy on maternity care service
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Date answered: 2025-04-03
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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: Monitoring and utilising data and evidence is crucial to making evidence-based improvements to our maternity services. Data collected on the ethnic backgrounds of women experiencing adverse maternity outcomes can help identify areas that require targeted ...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
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