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Maternity Services

Volume 486: debated on Thursday 15 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what external (a) inspection and (b) monitoring of maternity care at (i) Leeds General Infirmary and (ii) St. James's Hospital has taken place in the last two years; what recommendations were made; and if he will make a statement. (245662)

There have been three external reports into maternity services at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the last two years. These include the Yorkshire and the Humber Local Supervising Authority Supervision and Midwifery Practice Audit 2007-08, the Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) pilot assessment against the revised CNST Maternity Clinical Risk Management Standards in September 2008 and the Healthcare Commission Review of Maternity Services 2007.

Full copies of the resulting reports can be obtained direct from the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

It is the responsibility of strategic health authorities to performance manage primary care trusts and NHS trusts on behalf of the Department against local operational plans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints on maternity care provided at (a) Leeds General Infirmary and (b) St. James's Hospital have been received by (i) Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and (ii) his Department in each month of the last two years. (245664)

The Department does not hold information about complaints received at individual NHS organisations. This information can be obtained from the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust directly.

Due to the way in which correspondence is logged, details regarding complaints received by the Department about maternity services at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.