HC Deb 14 March 1978 vol 946 cc144-5W
Mr. Carter-Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of women who had hospital deliveries but who had not been seen by the hospital antenatal clinic in 1976 and 1977.

Mr. Moyle

I regret that the information is not collected centrally. The fact that a woman may not have been seen at a hospital antenatal clinic does not necessarily mean that she has not received any antenatal care; this could have been provided by her general practitioner.