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Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 24 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 October 2016 (named day). It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Thursday, 27 October 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Miscarriage

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many miscarriages the NHS has registered in each of the last five years.

Answer

The National Health Service is not required to register miscarriages. Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) provide information on the number of miscarriages. The table shows the number of miscarriages from 2010-11 to 2014-15 where there was a hospital admission. Not all miscarriages will require an admission to hospital.

Activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector

Year

Number of miscarriages

2010-11

43,005

2011-12

42,538

2012-13

39,800

2013-14

38,869

2014-15

38,377

Source: HES, NHS Digital


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50041
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Miscarriage
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk