Labour MP appointed first maternity adviser

Labour MP Michelle Welsh has been appointed as the Government’s first maternity adviser.

Michelle Welsh (c) UK Parliament

Michelle Welsh (c) UK Parliament

The Sherwood Forest MP will work directly with families, the Government, the NHS and key maternity organisations for better, safer care for mothers, babies and families.

‘I am honoured to have been appointed as the national maternity adviser to the Government,' Welsh said.

‘This role is deeply personal to me. Like far too many women across this country, I know what it feels like to come through childbirth carrying both physical and emotional scars. That experience has strengthened my determination to fight for safer, more compassionate maternity care for every family.

‘As national maternity adviser, I will work tirelessly to drive forward meaningful reform focused on safer staffing, stronger accountability, listening to women, tackling inequalities and ensuring lessons are learned when failures happen. This is about rebuilding trust and creating a maternity system that is not only safer, but kinder too.'

Welsh is chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Maternity and was the first elected member in Nottinghamshire to call for an independent review into maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in 2020.

 

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