§ Audrey WiseTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the(a) professional and (b) lay members of the intercollegiate working party convened to set criteria for the restructuring or closure of maternity units; and what are its remit and terms of reference. [80598]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Multidisciplinary Working Party to Consider Maternity Services is an intercollegiate working party set up by the Royal Colleges of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Midwives, and Paediatrics and Child Health.
The current membership of the Multidisciplinary Working Party to Consider Maternity Services is as follows:
Professor W. Dunlop FRCOG, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (Chairman)
Mr. A. J. Evans MRCOG, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Mr. R. J. Porter FRCOG, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Dr. K. Dodd FRCPH, Consultant Paediatrician
Professor A. Wilkinson FRCPH, Neonatal Paediatrics
Ms H. Camm, Head of Midwifery Services
Dr. S. Downe, Research Midwife
Dr. G. Lewis, Principal Medical Officer, Department of Health.
The Working Party is not funded by the Department of Health. It is a new group and first met on 18 February.
The Working Party's current terms of reference are to set criteria for consideration when restructuring or closing maternity units.