questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) collect and (b) publish national data on the time taken to prescribe anticoagulant prophylaxis for pregnant women assessed as being at high risk of venous thromboembolism.
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