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Jeremy Hunt urges medics to do more to improve detection of rare childbirth condition
UK News•February 23, 2026 at 7:06 PMNational

Jeremy Hunt urges medics to do more to improve detection of rare childbirth condition

By Denis Campbell Health policy editor•The Guardian - UK News

Exclusive: Former health secretary throws weight behind campaign to boost diagnosis of placenta accreta spectrumJeremy Hunt has urged leading doctors to do more to help maternity specialists detect a rare complication of childbirth that can lead to a women bleeding to death within minutes.The former health secretary has thrown his weight behind a new campaign, aimed at improving the NHS’s identification of placenta accreta spectrum. The Action for Accreta campaign was set up by Amisha Adhia and her husband, Nik, after five hospitals failed to spot that she had PAS. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Former health secretary throws weight behind campaign to boost diagnosis of placenta accreta spectrum

Jeremy Hunt has urged leading doctors to do more to help maternity specialists detect a rare complication of childbirth that can lead to a women bleeding to death within minutes.

The former health secretary has thrown his weight behind a new campaign, aimed at improving the NHS’s identification of placenta accreta spectrum. The Action for Accreta campaign was set up by Amisha Adhia and her husband, Nik, after five hospitals failed to spot that she had PAS.

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