Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the causes of variations in reported prevalence of placenta accreta spectrum; and whether this reflects under-detection and under-recording of the condition in England.

We have not made an assessment of the causes of variations in the reported prevalence of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS). NHS England does not currently collect national data on PAS prevalence or outcomes.

Through the national audit into maternal mortality, Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK will report on PAS-associated deaths later this year. The National Institute for Health and Care Research and the Government funded PRiSMM programme will be reporting on PAS by region within the national maternal morbidity surveillance system.