Question follow-through · 15455
Maternal Mortality
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a delivery plan and timeline for implementation of MBRRACE maternity recommendations.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jul 2026 · 12 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
2 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a delivery plan and timeline for implementation of MBRRACE maternity recommendations.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jul 2026
Answer published
We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Pregnancy: Thromboembolism
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Postnatal Care: Thromboembolism
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of women received a documented venous thromboembolism risk assessment postnatally in the most recent period for which data is available.
Pregnancy: Thromboembolism
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review whether current national venous thromboembolism risk assessment tools in pregnancy and the puerperium are sufficiently evidence-based.
Pregnancy: Thromboembolism
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to improve the identification of women at elevated risk of venous thromboembolism in early pregnancy and before their first consultant review.
Pregnancy: Thromboembolism
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of variation between NHS trusts in access to thromboprophylaxis during (a) pregnancy and (b) the postnatal period.
Pregnancy: Thromboembolism
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) collect and (b) publish national data on the time taken to prescribe anticoagulant prophylaxis for pregnant women assessed as being at high risk of venous thromb
Pregnancy: Thromboembolism
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Pregnancy: Thromboembolism
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Pregnancy: Thromboembolism
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national venous thromboembolism awareness campaign aimed at women during pregnancy and the postnatal period.
Pregnancy: Thromboembolism
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of awareness amongst women of when and how to seek assessment for (a) deep vein thrombosis and (b) pulmonary embolism during pregnancy and the
Thromboembolism
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of staffing levels on the timeliness of venous thromboembolism (a) assessment and (b) prevention.
Maternity Services: Thromboembolism
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS maternity units currently have dedicated maternal medicine pathways for complex venous thromboembolism risk.