Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to record the national rate of miscarriages.

We have funded SANDs, the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death charity, to work with other baby loss charities and Royal Colleges to produce and support a National Bereavement Care Pathway to reduce the variation in National Health Service bereavement care. The pathway covers a range of circumstances of a baby loss including miscarriage.

The Women’s Health Strategy call for evidence sought to examine women’s experiences of the whole health and care system, including issues such as fertility, pregnancy and baby loss. We are analysing responses on miscarriage to ensure that the strategy reflects what women identify as priorities. We will consider recording all miscarriages as part of this work.