AQW 24099/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health

To ask the Minister of Health how many women, presenting at Emergency Departments or hospital Emergency Obstetric Units, with suspected miscarriages were told that they did not require medical intervention and to return home, in each year since 2017.

Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 12 October 2021

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Tabled
12 October 2021
Answer due by
27 October 2021
Answered
25 March 2022164 days after tabling
Department
Department of Health
Priority question
No

Answer

It is not currently possible for HSC Trusts to provide the information on the reason for attendance at emergency departments including emergency obstetric units, in a standardised format, as the administrative systems in use do not hold diagnostic information. It is also only possible to determine miscarriage related attendances when the attendance has resulted in an admission where miscarriage has been clinically diagnosed.

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