Baby Lifeline is committed to supporting maternity teams to give every mum, birthing person, and baby the best and safest care possible from pregnancy, birth, and afterwards. As part of our mission, we are dedicated to amplifying your voice to ensure your perspectives and experiences are heard by politicians and decision-makers. On 25th February, MPs […]
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The latest confidential enquiry by MBRRACE-UK, published today, focuses on the care of recent migrant women who did not have English as a first language, and who experienced a stillbirth or neonatal death. The research reviewed babies that died in 2022. The report states that the overwhelming majority of women whose baby died could have
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Today’s MBRRACE-UK report – Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care – looks at the causes of death for mothers from 2020-2022. As always, as we read the report, our thoughts go out to the families who have lost their loved ones. Tragically the report shows that more women died than in previous years, and many of
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Yesterday a coalition of charities, including Baby Lifeline, gave evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry. The coalition is known as the ‘Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting Organisations’ (PBPOs), and we were represented at the inquiry hearing by Jenny Ward, who is the CEO of The Lullaby Trust and Chair of the Pregnancy and Baby Charities Network. Our
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) – which inspects NHS services and gives gradings and recommendations for improvement – has today published a review of maternity services in England, based on 131 inspections from April 2022 to December 2023. As always, our thoughts are with the families affected by these findings. Baby Lifeline continues to work
This week was the start of the third stage of the Covid-19 Inquiry, which has been set up to examine the UK’s response to the impact of the pandemic and learn lessons for the future. Baby Lifeline is one of 13 Pregnancy, Baby, and Parenting Organisations (PBPOs) with Core Participant Status for the inquiry. This means we, as a group, have a formal role within the inquiry.
Today saw the publication of the Independent Investigation of the National Health Service (NHS) in England by Lord Darzi. We were pleased to see such an honest review, which will hopefully give the new government a roadmap to achieve real change based on the past and current picture of the NHS in England. The report notes
The Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting, has ordered a full investigation into the current state of the NHS, to uncover the extent of the issues the National Health Service is facing. The inquiry will be conducted by Lord Darzi and be used as a basis for the new governments 10-year plan to radically
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MBRRACE have today published their State of the Nation report which looked at perinatal deaths of babies born in the UK in 2022. The report found: The stillbirth rate has decreased since 2022, but there has been an increase in neonatal mortality for the very smallest babies Despite improvements, inequalities in perinatal mortality rates by
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Sara LedgerHead of Research and Development, Baby Lifeline Ahead of the election on Thursday, a group of experts at Imperial College in London have rated the leading parties’ manifestos and their implications for Women’s Health against 15 key priorities. What the analysis shows is that progress still needs to be made on prioritising Women’s Health
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