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Maternity services inquiry

Inquiry by the Health and Social Care Committee, 27 May 2016 to 3 May 2017. Its page on the Parliament website.

Evidence sessions

  • 28 June 2016: Elizabeth Duff, Senior Policy Adviser, National Childbirth Trust, Janet Scott, Research and Prevention Lead, Sands: Stillbirth and neonatal death charity, Louise Silverton, Director for Midwifery, Royal College of Midwives, Dr David Richmond, Royal College of Obstetricians and GynaecologistsBaroness Julia Cumberlege CBE DL, Independent Chair, National Maternity Review, Professor Sir Cyril Chantler FRCP FRCPCH FMedSci, Vice Chair, National Maternity Review, Sarah-Jane Marsh, Chair, NHS England Maternity Transformation Programme Board (and Chief Executive of Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital)
  • 17 January 2017: Professor Lesley Regan, President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Professor Cathy Warwick, Chief Executive, Royal College of Midwives, Professor Marian Knight, Professor of Maternal and Child Population Health, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Elizabeth Duff, Senior Policy Adviser, National Childbirth TrustMatthew Jolly, National Clinical Director for Maternity and Women's Health, NHS England, Sarah-Jane Marsh, Chair, NHS England Maternity Transformation Programme Board (and Chief Executive of Birmingham Children’s Hospital and Birmingham Women’s Hospital), Professor Lisa Bayliss-Pratt, Executive Director of Nursing and Deputy Director and Education and Quality, Health Education England