Jeremy Hunt

Jeremy Hunt is a former UK Health Secretary and a Conservative MP. He is currently newsworthy due to his active involvement in advocating for improvements in maternal healthcare. Recently, he has urged doctors to improve the detection of placenta accreta spectrum, a rare childbirth complication. This follows news highlighting a 20% increase in the UK's maternal death rate over the past 14 years, despite a pledge Hunt himself made in 2015, while Health Secretary, to halve maternal deaths by 2030. This pledge aimed to make the NHS one of the safest places globally to give birth. These developments underscore the ongoing challenges in maternal healthcare and Hunt's continued interest and involvement in this area.