Alicia Kearns MP: written questions
200 published records · newest first.
Written questions
ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve awareness among healthcare professionals of the risk of venous thromboembolism associated with second-generation antipsychotic drugs.
Answer: Healthcare professionals are supported by national guidance and safety information to understand and manage the risks associated with antipsychotic medicines, including the risk of venous thromboembolism.National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of potential impact of second-generation antipsychotic drugs on levels of risk of venous thromboembolism.
Answer: Antipsychotic medicines are used to treat a range of mental health disorders, mainly schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, sometimes called manic depression, but may also be used in severe or difficult to treat anxiety or depression. Antipsychotics are gene...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether outcomes relating to venous thromboembolism in pregnancy will be routinely reported by demographic group.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: EqualityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what targeted interventions are in place to help reduce inequalities in maternal outcomes .
Answer: The Government is working closely with NHS England, and the wider sector, to identify the right actions and interventions to tackle the stark inequalities that exist for women and babies. We are ensuring that we take an evidence-based approach, and that a...
Answered 15 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of whether venous thromboembolism-related maternal mortality differs by (a) ethnicity, (b)deprivation, (c) geography, (d)disability and (c) age.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure healthcare professionals understand the risks of venous thromboembolism in pregnancy and the puerperium, including failures to diagnose, prevent a
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of education on (a) blood clots and (b) venous thromboembolism in the undergraduate midwifery syllabus.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what training requirements exist for maternity professionals on recognising thromboembolism in pregnancy and the puerperium.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMaternity Services: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS maternity units currently have dedicated maternal medicine pathways for complex venous thromboembolism risk.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of staffing levels on the timeliness of venous thromboembolism (a) assessment and (b) prevention.
Answer: No assessment has been made.The responsibility for staffing levels sits with providers of National Health Services at a local level, working with their commissioners, responding to local needs, supported by guidelines by national and professional bodies a...
Answered 13 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of awareness amongst women of when and how to seek assessment for (a) deep vein thrombosis and (b) pulmonary embolism during pregnancy and the
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national venous thromboembolism awareness campaign aimed at women during pregnancy and the postnatal period.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help improve awareness of the signs and symptoms of venous thromboembolism among (a) pregnant and postnatal women and (b) clinicians.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department provides to help ensure that responsibility for prescribing anticoagulant prophylaxis in pregnancy and the puerperium is clear between GPs, maternity services and speci
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to (a) collect and (b) publish national data on the time taken to prescribe anticoagulant prophylaxis for pregnant women assessed as being at high risk of venous thromb
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of variation between NHS trusts in access to thromboprophylaxis during (a) pregnancy and (b) the postnatal period.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Department is taking to improve the identification of women at elevated risk of venous thromboembolism in early pregnancy and before their first consultant review.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to review whether current national venous thromboembolism risk assessment tools in pregnancy and the puerperium are sufficiently evidence-based.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPostnatal Care: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of women received a documented venous thromboembolism risk assessment postnatally in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of pregnant women receive a documented venous thromboembolism risk assessment following hospital admission in the most recent period for which data is available.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration SchemeHome OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15458More
Question: To ask the Home Secretary, when her Department plans to publish the annual report on the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.
Answer: The first FIRS annual report will be laid in Parliament as soon as practicable. The report will set out, among other things, the number of registrations, the number of information notices issued, the number of persons charged with an offence and the numbe...
Answered 8 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of pregnant women received a documented venous thromboembolism risk assessment in the first trimester in each of the last three years.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPregnancy: ThromboembolismDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of pregnant women have received a documented venous thromboembolism risk assessment at booking in each of the last three years.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMaternal MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to publish a delivery plan and timeline for implementation of MBRRACE maternity recommendations.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMaternal MortalityDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 15454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list which recommendations from the MBRRACE confidential enquiry into thrombosis and thromboembolism (a) have been implemented (b) remain outstanding.
Answer: We recognise the importance of tackling blood clots in pregnancy, also referred to as venous thromboembolism (VTE), as the leading cause of maternal death in England. The rate of maternal deaths from thrombosis and thromboembolism rose substantially betwe...
Answered 14 Jul 2026
Original Parliament record
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →