Families with multiples are being overlooked - in maternity care, in financial support and in long-term planning for the NHS.
We're calling on our community to contact your MP and demand urgent action to improve outcomes and support for families expecting twins, triplets or more.
You don't need to be an expert or a campaigner to make a difference. MPs listen when their constituents speak up, especially when messages are personal and grounded in lived experience.
Play your part and help us stand up for families with twins, triplets or more as a community.
Our ask of MPs
Ensure families with multiples are explicitly included in the NHS plans for the future
Push for specialist, consistent maternity care for multiple pregnancies in every area
Support fairer financial support, including maternity pay that reflects the reality of caring for more than one baby at once
Engage with Twins Trust as the expert charity representing families with multiples
Emailing your MP is one of the most powerful ways to drive change. Your message can help:
- Get this issue raised in Parliament
- Influence national maternity and NHS policy
- Ensure families with twins, triplets or more are no longer an afterthought
What you can do
Visit the WriteToThem website and enter your postcode to find your local MP. If you live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, you can also write to your MSP, MS or MLA
Click on your MP's name and copy our sample letter below into the template provided
Add a sentence about your own experience or why you care about this issue - this will make your email even more impactful
Email campaigns@twinstrust.org and tell us which MP you've contacted. This helps us build a picture of policymakers who are aware of these issues
Sample letter to your MP
Dear [MP's Name],
As a family with twins/triplets, I am deeply concerned about the deteriorating outcomes for twins, triplets and higher-order multiples in the UK.
Although multiples make up just 1.4% of pregnancies, they account for 6.4% of stillbirths and 13.5% of neonatal deaths. Women carrying multiples are 2.4 times more likely to experience stillbirth than those carrying singletons, and neonatal death rates for multiples have increased by a third since 2019. More than half of all multiples require neonatal care.
Behind these figures are families enduring unimaginable heartbreak. Despite national guidelines, many maternity units lack the specialist care these pregnancies require, leaving families unsupported and at greater risk. There is little evidence of meaningful, coordinated action to address this worsening situation.
The challenges for families with multiples do not end at birth. Twins Trust's State of the Nation report shows that families face significant financial pressure, feel overwhelmed, isolated and neglected, and experience serious impacts on mental health. Families with twins and triplets also face an unfair financial penalty, receiving only one lot of maternity pay despite the reality of caring for more than one baby at once.
I am asking you to support urgent action to improve outcomes for families with multiples. This must include ensuring that twins, triplets and higher-order multiples are explicitly included in the NHS 10-year plan, alongside better specialist maternity care and fairer financial support.
I urge you to meet with Twins Trust, the leading charity supporting families with multiples, to discuss these issues and explore practical solutions (campaigns@twinstrust.org).
Families with multiples must not be forgotten. I hope I can count on your support and would welcome hearing how you plan to take this forward.
Yours sincerely,
[Your name]
Take action: email your MP
By contacting your MP, you are helping to ensure families with twins, triplets or more are no longer overlooked in maternity care, financial policy and NHS planning.
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