To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of inequalities in health outcomes for sickle cell disease in (a) mothers and (b) ethnic minority communities; and what steps his Department is taking to improve outcomes for those groups.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 31 January 2022 to Question 111706 on Health: Disadvantaged, what plans he has to steps to help tackle potential inequalities in sickle cell care and treatment.

No specific assessment has been made. However, the Department is considering the recommendations made in the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Sickle Cell and Thalassemia’s report ‘No One’s Listening’. We will work with relevant organisations to develop measures to improve the quality of care for sickle cell patients. The forthcoming white paper on improving the nation’s health and reducing health disparities in England will address any inequalities in the care and treatment of sickle cell disease.