Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many fetuses and newborn babies have been diagnosed with hydrops fetalis in each of the last five years.

Information on the number of fetuses and newborn babies diagnosed with hydrops fetalis are available from NHS Digital Hospital Episode Statistics as a count of finished admission episodes (FAEs). A FAE is the first period of inpatient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FAEs are counted against the year in which the admission episode finishes. Admissions do not represent the number of inpatients, as a person may have more than one admission within the year.

The number of FAEs with a primary diagnosis of hydrops fetalis grouped by fetus or newborn, for the years 2013-14 to 2017-18 is provided in the following table.