Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department has issued to Integrated Care Boards on commissioning services for patients with very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 16 July 2026 to the Hon Member for Skipton and Ripon to Question 16893.

Further to this response, the Department, together with NHS England, has developed a template service specification for mild, moderate, and severe myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The template, once published, will be circulated to integrated care boards to support the commissioning of services for severe ME/CFS.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department has issued to Integrated Care Boards on commissioning services for patients with very severe myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 16 July 2026 to the Hon Member for Skipton and Ripon to Question 16893.

Further to this response, the Department, together with NHS England, has developed a template service specification for mild, moderate, and severe myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The template, once published, will be circulated to integrated care boards to support the commissioning of services for severe ME/CFS.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to (a) improve outcomes for women in Hampstead and Highgate constituency with postpartum haemorrhage and (b) ensure access to appropriate and innovative treatments.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

While data is not available specifically for the Hampstead and Highgate constituency, data on postpartum haemorrhage is available for the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Whittington Health NHS Trust, which provide maternity services for patients in the constituency and the wider area.

Between February and April 2026, the proportion of women who had a postpartum haemorrhage of at least 1,5000 millilitres was 32 per 1,000 deliveries at both the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Whittington Health NHS Trust. The proportion for England in this period was 31 per 1,000.

Monthly data back to April 2019, including more detailed information on data quality, is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/maternity-services-monthly-statistics(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)

To tackle leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity, we have launched a Maternal Care Bundle to set clear standards across all services, focused on the main causes of maternal death and harm. It will codify best practice already in use and support more consistent care, and we expect it to help reduce deaths and serious harm, especially among higher-risk groups, as well as reduce inequalities in maternal mortality.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to improve outcomes for women in Hampstead and Highgate with postpartum haemorrhage and ensure they have access to appropriate and innovative treatments.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

While data is not available specifically for the Hampstead and Highgate constituency, data on postpartum haemorrhage is available for the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Whittington Health NHS Trust, which provide maternity services for patients in the constituency and the wider area.

Between February and April 2026, the proportion of women who had a postpartum haemorrhage of at least 1,5000 millilitres was 32 per 1,000 deliveries at both the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Whittington Health NHS Trust. The proportion for England in this period was 31 per 1,000.

Monthly data back to April 2019, including more detailed information on data quality, is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/maternity-services-monthly-statistics(opens%20in%20a%20new%20tab)

To tackle leading causes of maternal mortality and morbidity, we have launched a Maternal Care Bundle to set clear standards across all services, focused on the main causes of maternal death and harm. It will codify best practice already in use and support more consistent care, and we expect it to help reduce deaths and serious harm, especially among higher-risk groups, as well as reduce inequalities in maternal mortality.