The Bereavement Midwife Forum was established in 2009 and meets twice a year to discuss aspects of bereavement care following pregnancy loss across England. Members from the ESCR-funded DBB Project, which sets out to improve care pathways and government policy, attended the Forum to talk about their research.

During the event, Sheelagh’s colleague on the DBB Project, Karolina presented findings from the report to the Human Tissue Authority on the uptake of the HTA 2015 ‘Guidance on the disposal of pregnancy remains following pregnancy loss and termination’.

She spoke about the evidence collected by the Death before Birth team to support the claim that bereavement care following pregnancy loss is by no means uniform across Trusts within NHS England.

Her presentation included recommendations on how hospitals could support those who have experienced pregnancy loss, with part of that process being the provision of information and a full range of choices with regards to the disposal of the remains of pregnancy.

To find out more about the meeting and Karolina’s presentation please click here.

To read the DBB Project’s Policy Briefing Document please click here: ‘Pregnancy loss: consistent bereavement care pathways needed.’