Speeches

David Amess – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by David Amess on 2014-06-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women (a) of each age group, (b) in each health authority area and (c) suffering from each type of complication suffered health complications following abortion procedures in (i) 2012, (ii) 2013 and (iii) 2014 to date.

Jane Ellison

The following table shows categories of information collected on form HSA4 about complications of abortion up to time of discharge. The categories are headed ‘none’, ‘haemorrhage’, ‘uterine perforation’, ‘sepsis’, and ‘other’. Health Authority data is not available. Data were analysed by local authority and grouped into regions to protect patient confidentiality. The data is for 2012 only, 2013 and 2014 data has not been published yet.

Abortions with complications by age, residents of England and Wales, 2012

Age

Total

Under 20

35

20-24

73

25-29

72

30-34

57

35 and over

41

Total

278

Abortions with complications by region, residents of England and Wales, 2012

Region

Total

Yorkshire and the Humber

30

North West

32

North East

12

West Midlands

25

East

36

London

48

South East

34

South West

22

Wales

17

Total

278

Total abortions by complication, residents of England and Wales, 2012

Complication*

Total

Haemorrhage

216

Uterine Perforation

22

Sepsis

40

Other

0

Total

278

*Complications are those reported up to the time of discharge