Questions to Health Minister during Baby Loss Awareness Week

During Baby Loss Awareness Week (9-15 October), I have tabled a number of Parliamentary Questions to raise awareness and ask the Health Minister about plans to improve maternity safety in the UK.

A joint report by Baby Loss awareness charities, Sands and Tommy’s, highlights the inequalities that exist in maternity and neonatal care. They calculate that at least 1 in 5 stillbirths and baby deaths may have been prevented with better care, equating to over 800 babies’ lives in 2022-23.

Sadly, more babies are lost by mothers from Black and Asian backgrounds and women who come from deprived backgrounds.

We need nationally agreed standards of care to prevent more avoidable deaths.

Read the full Parliamentary Questions at: https://bit.ly/babylosspqs

If you are anyone you know has experienced baby loss, there are helpful resources on the Sands website: https://www.sands.org.uk/support-you