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Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care

Offer scans to all women after labour to check for retained placenta

Closed 56 signatures

What the petition asks

So many women give birth and end up with extreme heavy bleeding straight after needing urgent surgery due to retained placenta. However a lot of women are sent home with their new baby none the wiser that they have retained products or placenta until weeks later when the bleeding starts.
It is not enough to simply check the placenta is complete after birth, as it is so easy to miss something and a doctor couldn’t possibly know/see if any tiny fragments were left. It can be very dangerous for placenta to be left inside the uterus and therefore it should be mandatory that all women are offered an ultrasound scan soon after giving birth to check for retained pregnancy products or placenta and then be offered to have them removed.

Timeline

13 Jan 2021 Petition opened for signatures
13 Jul 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 56
Status Closed
Department Department of Health and Social Care
Opened 13 Jan 2021
Closed 13 Jul 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.