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Westmorland Hospital: Maternity Services |
| Question ID: |
1745099 |
| UIN: |
16466 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1591 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Tim Farron
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timfarron
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@timfarron
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has a planned timetable for when services in Helme Chase Maternity Unit at Westmorland General Hospital will be reopened. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-04 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4444 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Karin Smyth
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| Answering Member handle: |
karinsmyth
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@karinsmyth
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| Answer text: |
The reconfiguration of services is a matter for integrated care boards and local healthcare systems, in cases of specialised and national services. All service changes should be based on clear evidence, clinically led, and involve engagement with patients... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |