questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of pregnant women have received a documented venous thromboembolism risk assessment at booking in each of the last three years.
answerText: 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...
heading: Pregnancy: Thromboembolism