§ 46. Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is now in a position to announce when the minimum standards in obstetric and neonatal care will be available for consultation.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI refer the hon. Member to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow (Mr. Cockeram) on 18 January 1983—[Vol. 35, c.119.] We have accepted the advice of the maternity services advisory committee that the Department should not proceed further with a separate document. The committee will now incorporate recommendations on assessment of standards for maternity units in its report on care in childbirth, and for special and intensive care baby units in its report on neonatal care.