questionText: 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.
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