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Placenta Accreta Spectrum

Commons · Question 260 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 May 2026

Question

Asked by Helen Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the difference between diagnosed and actual incidence of placenta accreta spectrum disorder.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 20 May 2026

Integrated care boards are leading on commissioning specialised placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) centres within their geographies. Clinicians will advise women under their care on referral routes to PAS centres. There are currently no plans to publish a re...