432 fewer babies would have died in 2019 if stillbirth and neonatal death rates for Black and Asian babies had been the same as for White babies, Sands has estimated.
This year for Baby Loss Awareness Week, we’re asking MPs to write to the Minister, Maria Caulfield MP, calling on her department to fund an urgent enquiry into the deaths of Asian babies.
On Thursday 23 September, MPs will gather for the annual Baby Loss Awareness Week debate in the House of Commons*.
On Tuesday 20 July, MPs will come together to debate what action is needed to meet the Government’s National Ambition to halve the number of babies dying in England by 2025.
The Pregnancy and Baby Charities Network will be taking this opportunity to highlight what needs to be done to make this the safest place in the world to have a baby.
All women pregnant again following the death of a baby should be offered the same maternity team to care for them and their baby, throughout pregnancy, birth and afterwards.
Known as ‘Continuity of Carer’, this model of care helps save lives and create emotional and psychological safety for mothers and partners.
All women pregnant again following the death of a baby should be offered the same maternity team to care for them and their baby, throughout pregnancy, birth and afterwards.
Known as ‘Continuity of Carer’, this model of care helps save lives and create emotional and psychological safety for mothers and partners.
All women pregnant again following the death of a baby should be offered the same maternity team to care for them and their baby, through pregnancy, birth and afterwards.
Known as ‘Continuity of Carer’, this model of care helps save lives and create emotional and psychological safety for mothers and partners.
All women pregnant again following the death of a baby should be offered the same maternity team to care for them and their baby, throughout pregnancy, birth and afterwards.
Known as ‘Continuity of Carer’, this model of care helps save lives and create emotional and psychological safety for mothers and partners.
Ahead of this year’s elections on 6 May, ask your local candidates to pledge to take action to make Wales the safest place in the world to have a baby, if elected.
Sadly, the stillbirth rate has not reduced in Wales over recent years, as it has in other parts of the UK.
Ahead of this year’s elections on 6 May, ask your local candidates to pledge to take action to make Scotland the safest place in the world to have a baby, if elected.
On Thursday 5 November, MPs will gather to debate the impact of COVID-19 on people affected by baby loss.
