Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 10
10
Deferred
Paragraph: 59
Require Government to publish detailed plan for £200-350 million additional maternity funding within six months.
Recommendation
The Government has accepted the recommendation, first made by this committee and then by the Ockenden report, that maternity services should be funded by an additional £200–350 million per annum. The Government must lay before Parliament, within six months, a plan for this spending increase, detailing exactly how much additional investment will be made, where the investment will be made, and plans for the next one, five, and 10 years of spending.
Government Response Summary
The government did not provide the requested spending plan or commitment to lay one before Parliament within six months, instead redirecting the committee to previously published responses to expert panel evaluations on maternity workforce.
Paragraph Reference:
59
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
Further information and commitments relating directly to the mental health, cancer and maternity workforces have already been captured in responses to the expert panel evaluations on these specific workforce groups and the government’s progress against its policy commitments. Our responses to the expert panel can be found here: • Cancer workforce response • Mental Health workforce response • Maternity workforce response