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Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 1 March 1991. It was answered by Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Conservative) on Friday, 1 March 1991 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Written question

Question
Whether he will issue a circular to health authorities and hospital trusts reviewing the procedures involved in still-birth cases; what information he has on burials being refused to still-born children where certificates of death have been withheld; how many still-births and miscarriages occurred in the United Kingdom in the last 12 months; and what plans he has to introduce legislation to change the definition of still birth and the present gestational upper limits of still-birth definition - Incl ref to DH circulars DS 211/75, HN(76)18 and HN(85)31, (copies in Library) & figure.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
186 c632-3W;186 c630-1W
Session
1990-91
Subjects
Funerals Perinatal mortality Circulars Death certificates Foetal death Miscarriage
Contains statistics
Yes