Wednesday 12 December 2018

Improve NHS bereavement care for new parents, government urged

Improve NHS bereavement care for new parents, government urged NHS bereavement care for parents whose baby dies shortly after they are born is worryingly inconsistent and under-resourced, concludes a joint report* published by the charities Bliss and Sands. Most services lack sufficient specialist staff and appropriate facilities to support grieving families, the report shows.

And despite instances of good practice by individual nurses and doctors across the country, many services are not set up to deliver consistent high quality bereavement care and health professionals are not getting the training and support they need to perform this vital role, it says. On Medica

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