PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(10 June 2026)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve early detection of placenta accreta.
Asked by:
Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative)
Asked by:
Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative)
Answer
Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) is rare, but when it does occur it can cause bleeding that is potentially life-threatening. This is why maternity teams are trained to look for the warning signs and identify women at higher risk early in pregnancy.
In 2020, NHS England commissioned PAS networks in the United Kingdom which support local and regional screening, shared protocols and co-ordinated referral pathways to specialist PAS centres. Skilled practitioners with experience of the diagnosis have high rates of detection, which is one of the reasons we have set up specialist centres and introduced clear referral criteria.
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