17/03/2026
Proud news from Royal Surrey and Ashford and St Peter’s 👇
We’re delighted to share our Group Chief Executive Louise Stead will be joining an expert taskforce to improve maternity services across the country.
Chaired by Health and Social Care Secretary Wes Streeting, the group is tasked with implementing the recommendations of an independent national investigation, led by Baroness Amos, into NHS maternity services as soon as they are published.
The 17-member taskforce brings together families, senior NHS leaders, royal college representatives, campaigners and academics.
Louise’s expertise was sought after leading Royal Surrey’s Maternity Department to be rated ‘Outstanding’ and Ashford and St Peter’s Maternity Services ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission.
Louise said: “It is an honour to join the national Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce and play a role in driving improvement across all maternity services.
“There are examples of excellent maternity and neonatal practice across our group every day and our teams work incredibly hard to deliver safe, compassionate care. However, we know there is always more we can do locally and nationally and sharing best practice to drive high quality, equitable care for all women and their babies is essential.”
We're incredibly proud of Louise and look forward to seeing the difference this taskforce will make for families across the country.
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