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The investment will be provided over the next 3 years to ensure maternity services listen to and act on women’s experiences.
Medicines and Healthcare product Regulatory Agency official Parental Leave policy and procedures.
Sets out the government's quality standards for children, young people and maternity standards.
The government's response to the Health and Social Care Committee report: 'The safety of maternity services in England'.
Guidance on maternity and paternity rights for parents of babies born on or after 3 April 2011.
A review on the implementation of the national maternity safety strategy's safer maternity care action plan.
This statistical release is the annual report on NHS maternity statistics, and includes data from both Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS) and the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES).
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave
The government response to the ‘Reading the signals’ report of the independent investigation led by Dr Bill Kirkup CBE on maternity and neonatal services in East Kent.
Maternity Activity - deliveries in 2022-23, incorporating data from both HES and Maternity Services Data Set (MSDS)
Use the online service or an email to apply for advance of statutory parental, paternal, adoption and maternity pay.
Use form SMP2 if you're an employer and want to record details of an employee's Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP).
Statistics on women’s experiences of maternity care in England in February (and also January, for trusts who could not meet the minimum sample size) 2021.
Data reporting template for period 1 October to 31 December 2023, with guidance for NHS antenatal and newborn screening programmes in England.
Declaration of paternity / maternity
We're seeking views on extending redundancy protection for women and new parents.
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