Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93248

Aspirin: Women

Tabled: 20 November 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Paula Barker

LabourLiverpool Wavertree

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what national guidance is in place for cases of aspirin-allergic women at high risk of placental complications.

Answer

Karin Smyth
NHS England’s guidance states that there are a few absolute contraindications, that being, conditions that mean a certain treatment should not be used, to aspirin therapy. Pregnant women with a history of aspirin allergy, for example urticaria, or hyperse...

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