Written questions

Miscarriage

Commons · Question 1393 · Tabled 14 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Al Pinkerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of miscarriages that could be prevented annually through earlier clinical intervention and enhanced miscarriage care pathways.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 1 Jun 2026

No central assessment has been made of either the impact of providing specialist support after three miscarriages, the extent to which treatable conditions linked to miscarriage are identified early under existing pathways, or the number of miscarriages p...