Policy paper

The Department of Health's role in monitoring abortion

How the Department of Health monitors the Abortion Act and produces statistics on abortions in England and Wales.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 30 May 2012

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Applies to England, Northern Ireland and Wales

Documents

Background to abortion notifications in England and Wales

PDF, 30.6 KB, 2 pages

Details

Registered medical practitioners are legally required to notify the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of every abortion, using form HSA4.

This documents sets out how the Department of Health monitors the abortion act and uses form HSA4 to produce abortion statistics.

Published 30 May 2012