Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 19
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Restore dedicated ring-fenced funding for maternity care Service Development Fund to £95 million.
Recommendation
We strongly recommend that the Government restore the dedicated ring- fenced funding for the Service Development Fund for maternity care to £95 million. Properly targeted we believe this investment has the potential to reduce the substantial cost of maternity negligence claims to the NHS and more than pay for itself. (Recommendation, Paragraph 91)
Government Response
A response document is linked to this report, dated 16 December 2025. Response attribution to this conclusion has not been verified. Read the response document ↗