To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November to Question 186351 on Multiple Births: Antenatal Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that maternity champions highlight that work in each NHS Trust.

As outlined in the Safer Maternity Care action plan in 2016, networks such as Maternity Clinical Networks are most effective when built on supportive multi-professional relationships and collaborative working with a focus on specific initiatives to improve care quality. Therefore, Maternity Clinical Networks were asked to designate a Maternity Safety Champion to act as a local quality improvement adviser, coach and conduit for sharing learning arising from national and international research and from local investigations or initiatives.

Maternity Safety Champions at every level – trust, regional and national – are working across regional, organisational and service boundaries to develop strong partnerships and to create the professional culture and leadership needed to deliver better care. They play a central role in ensuring that mothers and babies, including in cases of multiple pregnancy, receive the safest care possible.