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.

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. Type: recommendation | Number: 10 | Paragraph: 59 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 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 ex