questionText: 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 postnatal period.
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