Rosie Wrighting MP calls for bereavement suites in new maternity units
"For parents where the local hospital has a dedicated bereavement suite away from the main labour ward, they can process that pain in privacy and peace."
According to figures from bereavement charity Sands, 13 families in the UK lose a baby each day before, during, or shortly after birth.At Kettering General Hospital, (KGH,) families who suffered baby loss were previously placed in rooms within the main labour ward. That changed after the launch of the Twinkling Stars Appeal in 2019, which raised £1m for a new bereavement suite, now under construction as part of a maternity unit extension.Ms Wrighting, who herself was born a premature baby at KGH, said: "Kettering General cares for up to 100 families a year who lose a baby. "They will now be cared for in a suite that has a bereavement area with... a cold cot for precious time with their babies."What we can do is try... not to add to those feelings and make an awful situation even worse by not providing support in an understanding environment."The bill will now go to a second reading on 16 May.
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