Question follow-through · 95501
Miscarriage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve the recording of miscarriage in NHS services.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve the recording of miscarriage in NHS services.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 2025
Answer published
The risk of miscarriage is estimated at 15%, and there are approximately 100,000 to 150,000 miscarriages per year in the United Kingdom. However, due to lack of data on the earliest losses, the true figure could be higher at approximately 250,000 a year.A...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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