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Yvette Cooper: “In the end, the most important people in the maternity services are the mothers, babies, the families. But the point of…”

On the recordAugust 5, 2026
In the end, the most important people in the maternity services are the mothers, babies, the families. But the point of having a maternity commissioner is to make sure that those issues are championed as part of an NHS.
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Yvette Cooper
Labour Party

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On the role of a maternity commissioner in NHS.

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