Written Question Published 11 Feb 2020 Department of Health and Social Care ↗ View on Parliament

Midwives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Report of the Morecambe Bay Investigation by Dr Bill Kirkup, published in March 2015, what steps his Department has taken to reform the Local Supervising Authority system for Answer: Both the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s and Dr Bill Kirkup’s reports following Morecambe Bay were critical of the Local Supervising Authority system provided for in legislation for midwives.The Nursing and Midwifery (Amendment) Order 2017 se...