PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Abortion (12 July 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the procedure is for updating abortion notification HSA4 forms in the event of additional complications occurring either after the initial submission of the form or after the 14-day timeframe for returning them.

Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)

There is currently no process in place for additional complications to be recorded on HSA4 forms after submission of the form. The Department is undertaking a project to review the system of recording abortion complications data and we anticipate this work will be completed later this year. The review will cover all data on complications arising from abortion including timing of reporting.

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
2 August 2021