Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to restore mandatory reporting of venous thromboembolism risk assessment rates for all patients being admitted to hospital; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the ending of such mandatory reporting on (a) rates of death from hospital-acquired thrombosis and (b) individual trust compliance with NHS England standards on thrombosis prevention.

NHS England are actively reviewing how best to monitor and support venous thromboembolism prevention practices at a national level, working with key stakeholders including Thrombosis UK. This includes considering whether to implement a new data collection related to venous thromboembolism risk assessment and prevention.