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Written question asked by Laura Smith (Labour) on Friday, 4 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 8 October 2019. It was answered by Nadine Dorries (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 October 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Vasa Praevia

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of cases of Vasa Praevia in expectant mothers in the last year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

A count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a primary diagnosis or all diagnoses of labour and delivery complicated by vasa praevia, for 2018/19 - activity in English National Health Service hospitals and English NHS commissioned activity in the independent sector can be found in the following table.

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FCEs

Primary diagnosis

109

All Diagnoses

194

Source: Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), NHS Digital


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
294749
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Vasa praevia
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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