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Safety of maternity services in England: government response

The government's response to the Health and Social Care Committee report: 'The safety of maternity services in England'.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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This is the government바카라 사이트™s response to the 15 recommendations made by the Health and Social Care Committee (HSCC) in its report published on 6 July 2021: 바카라 사이트˜바카라 사이트™.

The government welcomes the HSCC report. Maternity safety is a priority for the government and the government remains committed to making the NHS one of the best places in the world to have a baby.

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Published 21 September 2021
Last updated 19 October 2021 show all updates
  1. Added correction, dated 6 October 2021, as follows: page 12, paragraph 49, bullet 5 of the government바카라 사이트™s response to the Health and Social Care Committee report: Safety of Maternity Services in England states that: 바카라 사이트˜The CQC undertakes strengthened assessment of trusts바카라 사이트™ learning from deaths and their engagement with bereaved families and carers as part of the regulator바카라 사이트™s annual inspections of trusts.바카라 사이트™ This has been corrected as follows: 'The CQC undertakes strengthened assessment of trusts바카라 사이트™ learning from deaths and their engagement with bereaved families and carers as part of the regulator바카라 사이트™s inspections of trusts.바카라 사이트™

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