Biography
Baroness Shawcross-Wolfson has engaged on maternity and neonatal services through four debate speeches, notably raising questions about workforce planning integration between the Ockenden and Amos reviews and the wider NHS 10-year workforce plan, as well as how maternity recommendations will be translated into action within the women's health strategy. Her contributions have focused substantially on the intersection of NHS funding pressures, demographic changes, and service delivery, with particular emphasis on ensuring maternity and neonatal services are fully integrated within broader health policy frameworks.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…Ockenden review and potentially also from the Amos review will be picked up in the maternity taskforce action plan, due at the end of the year. Can she tell us how that will fit with the upcoming wider NHS 10-year workforce plan? Will the wider 10-year workforce plan also look at the staffing and training needed for sa…”
Record by topic
- Maternity & neonatal138th of 4386.0
- Heart disease & stroke324th of 3982.0
- GP access205th of 2412.0
- Learning disability & autism756th of 8992.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
- Public health & prevention573rd of 6882.0
What they’ve said
“…ts in air quality, inside and out, as the noble Baroness, Lady Linforth, reminded us, to tackle respiratory and cardiovascular disease; we need restrictions on social media to protect young people’s mental health; and we need a serious strategy to tackle alcohol harms, as the noble Baroness, Lady Watkins, set out.”
King’s Speech · 2026-05-20 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Other noble Lords have mentioned maternity services. Could the Minister tell us a bit more about the timetable for the conclusion of the review from the noble Baroness, Lady Amos, and how the new maternity and neonatal taskforce will then translate her recommendations into action and fully integrate maternity and neona…”
Women’s Health Strategy · 2026-04-23 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…nt the additional pressures identified by the OBR, including but not limited to £6 billion-worth of spending on SEND. These are sizeable figures. I fear I know how the party opposite would have described them were the situation reversed, so can the Minister confirm that he plans to deliver these cuts at the end of the…”
Autumn Budget 2025 · 2025-12-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
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