Reducing Stillbirths
Kayley Thomas investigates the work of a National Stillbirth Working Group to reduce the incidence of stillbirths in Wales.
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A public health campaign delivering safer pregnancy messages is to be launched in the New Year as part of a wider drive to cut the rates of stillbirths.
Wales currently has one of the highest rates in Europe - with around one in 200 babies being stillborn. Only France, Latvia and Romania have a higher incidence.
But over the last year a National Stillbirth Working Group has been developing strategies to reduce that rate.
That work is now beginning to bear fruit - as Kayley Thomas has been finding out.
The following organisations offer advice and support around stillbirth.
Sands supports anyone affected by the death of a baby that has died before, during, or shortly after birth and offer telephone support and online message boards Phone: 0207 436 5881.
www.uk-sands.org
Tommy's provides a free information service that educates all parents-to-be about health in pregnancy, plus bereavement support for anyone who has experienced a pregnancy loss. Phone: 0800 0147 800
www.tommys.org
The Child Death Helpline offers support to anyone affected by the death of a child of any age, from prebirth to adult, under any circumstances, however recently or long ago. Phone: 0800 282 986 Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk
Child Bereavement UK supports families when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement. Phone: 0800 02 888 40
www.childbereavementuk.org
The Compassionate Friends offer support, understanding and comfort to bereaved siblings and parents after the death of a child, of any age, from any cause. Phone: 0845 123 2304 (daily 10am-4pm and 7pm-10pm)
www.tcf.org.uk
Saying Goodbye provides National Remembrance Services across the UK, as well as support, advice and assistance for anyone who has suffered the loss of a baby, at any stage of pregnancy, at birth or in early years, whether the loss be recent or historic.
www.sayinggoodbye.org
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