Question follow-through · 124913
Postpartum Haemorrhage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the causes of the reported 19 per cent increase in postpartum haemorrhage rates among mothers in England.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 29 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the causes of the reported 19 per cent increase in postpartum haemorrhage rates among mothers in England.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Apr 2026
Answer published
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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