Question follow-through · 30835

Miscarriage: Databases

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.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
11 Feb 2025
Target answer date
13 Feb 2025
Answer
25 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Health and care

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 13 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    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...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Strong linkSame MP, department and exact heading

Miscarriage: Databases

8 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2025 to Question 30835 on Miscarriages: databases, what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on including a question on experiences of miscarria

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

IVF

6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many cycles of NHS funded IVF treatment as recommended by NICE guidelines are provided in each integrated care board.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

IVF

6 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have accessed NHS funded IVF treatment in each year since 2021; and how many people have accessed privately funded IVF treatment in each year since 2021.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Health: Women

11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve women's health.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Opioids: Death

23 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaths linked to synthetic opioids in the last three years, by region.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mental Health Services: Norfolk

23 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve adult mental health services in Norfolk.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Mefenamic Acid

3 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the (a) supply and (b) availability of mefenamic acid for people in (i) the East of England and (ii) England.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Food: Labelling

13 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) new product labelling standards, including the proportion by weight of dominant food compounds such as salt and sugar and (b) developing n

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

IVF

11 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when his Department plans to complete the assessment of NHS commissioned fertility services announced in the Women’s health strategy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fertility: Health Services

15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's planned timetable is for completing its assessment of the provision of NHS-commissioned fertility services currently in place across Integrated Care Boards.