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<p>A written statement to the House of Commons and the House of Lords was made on
19 October 2022 regarding the publication of the report of the independent investigation
into maternity and neonatal services in East Kent Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Dr Caroline
Johnson MP, also made an oral statement to the House on 20 October 2022.</p><p>The
Department has established an independent working group, chaired by the Royal College
of Midwifery and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, which will
help guide the maternity transformation programme to take forward the next steps from
the reports into maternity services at East Kent and Shrewsbury and Telford.</p><p>Together
with the NHS, the Department will consider actions from both reports to form a coherent
national delivery plan for maternity services.</p>
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