Every day in the UK, 17 babies are stillborn
or die shortly after birth, why?

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An alarming new study in the British Medical Journal concludes that babies are at a higher risk of dying soon after delivery if they are born outside normal working hours.

An alarming new study in the British Medical Journal concludes that babies are at a higher risk of...

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Our major survey of bereavement care provided by UK maternity units to parents whose baby dies is published

Our major survey of bereavement care provided by UK maternity units to parents whose baby dies...

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Can you help with an online parent survey?

We are supporting research into post mortem by Dr Alex Heazell, Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics at...

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