Sands and @Tommys Joint Policy Unit report says scale of pregnancy loss and baby deaths in the UK is ‘not inevitable’.

“There is no doubt that listening to parents saves babies’ lives.' - @charmersands

Full story ➡️ sands.org.uk/saving-babies-…

#BabyLoss #SavingBabiesLives

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For those of you interested in the #LucyLetby trial but were unable to follow due to reporting restrictions in the UK, the The New Yorker has published an account. If you have an interest in safety cultures in health it is worth a look.

Charlotte Bassett James Titcombe I can’t speak for James but when I put my head above the parapet eg about impact of promotion of normal birth & the unethical ban on maternal request caesareans in Oxford on BBC, my local MNVP made a complaint about me to my employer (I was speaking in a personal capacity…).

Today the Joint Policy Unit have published our 2024 Saving Babies' Lives progress report.

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Essential reading from Sands - baby loss charity 💙🧡 & Tommy's joint policy unit today.

sands.org.uk/sites/default/…

Key messages:

1) Progress in reducing stillbirths & neonatal deaths has stalled - we are not on track to meet the 2025 gov target.

2) Maternal mortality ⬆️ to highest level in 20…

This is a superb report - a comprehensive and definitive picture of maternity safety - where we are and what we need to do differently. Essential reading. #maternitysafety

Published today, the Sands & Tommy's Joint Policy Unit #SavingBabiesLives report shows that the current scale of #PregnancyLoss and baby deaths in the UK is not inevitable.

The report looks at what needs to change.

Read more ⬇️

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#BabyLoss

CALL FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS - Have you had a serious event (such as the death or brain injury of your baby) that has been investigated by MNSI or reviewed using the Perinatal Mortality Review Tool since Jan 2019? We need parents to participate in audio-recorded interviews 1/2

Powerful and important insights Katie - I’m so sorry for your loss of Abigail x

“Mrs Fowler believes NHS staff emphasis on “normal” births means that medical professionals overlook or dismiss reported symptoms if they do not fit with how they expect labour to progress.” inews.co.uk/news/health/ba…

Thanks Maria - from someone as experienced as you - that’s quite a damning assessment - I’m glad Alexander Heazell is leading an evaluation of the NMSI (former HSIB) maternity programme - maybe an expert review of a sample of investigations would help inform a view of their…

“By the 1980s & 90s, the influence of the National Childbirth Trust & radical midwifery campaigners meant the pressure for ‘normal birth’ affected the way NHS services were performed, often with little heed to the wishes & pain of the mothers.”

Typically brilliant stuff from…

This 100%

NCT needs to move to new footing where it fully explores reasonable and likely outcomes for birth inc trauma. It also needs to recognise that formula feeding may be preferable when physical and mental harm has happened and place this on level footing nct.org.uk/about-us/media…

I really want to be positive about MNSI (formerly HSIB) - it’s such an important organisation (one that people including me pushed hard to be established).
Yet I’ve spoken to quite a few people whose experience echoes this.

Can anyone share feedback of their experience (good or…

#BirthTrauma Inquiry theme 6- Breastfeeding Problems. Again, what is the role of ideology here? Breastfeeding, like birth, is moralised. Women often feel like failures if they have breastfeeding difficulties- anyone considering the role of public health messaging? #BirthTrauma

... form of a harmful attachment to “normal birth”; in Morecambe, midwives avoided medical birth “at any cost”; in SaTH there was a multi-professional aversion to it “at pretty much any cost”; in East Kent some cleaved to “normal birth” as an ideal women should strive to achieve

'the Health and Safety Investigations Branch (now under MNSI) who, in the end, refused to engage directly with the family & failed to use the errors in Finn’s care in order to form part of their education & findings'

Is this because it would seriously undermine birth centres?