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New bereavement care guidance for healthcare professionals introduced

Twins Trust, Sands, and NBCP charities introduce new bereavement care guidance to support healthcare professionals in offering compassionate care for families grieving the loss of one or more babies in multiple pregnancies.

We are excited to announce that we have been working with Sands and the other NBCP (National Bereavement Care Pathway) charities and have written our own Twin and Multiple Birth Further Bereavement Care guidance to sit along existing care pathways.

This was written in response to the Bereavement Care Report January 2022.

The guidance provides healthcare professionals with a dedicated resource for bereavement care related to multiple births, ensuring they can offer the best support to families grieving the loss of one or more babies. It aims to improve the standard of care by offering evidence-based, compassionate support tailored to the unique challenges of multiple pregnancies.

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The NBCP is based around nine bereavement care standards which Trusts and Boards commit to reaching each time a baby dies or a pregnancy is lost and includes customised pathways for:

  • Miscarriage
  • Termination of pregnancy for foetal anomaly
  • Stillbirth
  • Neonatal death
  • Sudden unexpected death in infancy
mind map diagram of bereavement care standards which includes careplan, training, assessment, lead, rooms, choices, opportunities, signalling and support

For more information, access a free e-learning module outlining the different types of loss, and explaining the NBCP in more depth.

The NBCP is led by Sands in conjunction with Royal Colleges and the following baby loss charities:

If you live in Scotland please visit the National Bereavement Care Pathway in Scotland.