Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 30835

Miscarriage: Databases

Tabled: 11 February 2025

Answered: 25 February 2025

Question

Alice Macdonald

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on improving the recording of miscarriage data in cases where women have had contact with health services.

Answer

Karin Smyth

Some data on hospital stays related to miscarriage is collected, but the majority of baby losses occur outside of healthcare settings, and it is rightly the choice of the individual who has experienced the loss to disclose this information to healthcare p...

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