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HISTORICAL FACTS: Hunt urges streeting to reconsider cuts to ringfenced funding for maternity care - The Untold Story

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Former health secretary Sir Jeremy Hunt has urged the Government to reconsider cuts to allocated funding for maternity services, after warnings they will be a “wrecking ball” to women’s safety.

Under the changes by the Department of Health, £2 million will be ringfenced for maternity care for 2025/26, compared with £95 million in previous years.

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