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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.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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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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  1. 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. 2 Dec 2025

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  3. 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...

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