questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review whether current national venous thromboembolism risk assessment tools in pregnancy and the puerperium are sufficiently evidence-based.
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