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It was an honour for Sands to attend the All- Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Baby Loss's reception for parents, charities, professionals, MPs and Peers, hosted by the Speaker, the Rt Hon John Bercow, during Baby Loss Awareness week.
This event also saw the launch of ‘Beyond Awareness to Action: Tackling baby loss in the UK’. This document set out the APPG’s goals for preventing and reducing baby loss, as well as improving the quality of bereavement care and support offered to parents.
The event included presentations from Co-founders of the APPG Antoinette Sandbach MP and Will Quince MP who spoke passionately about the commitment and vision of the Group. Health Minster Philip Dunne and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt both spoke about there being no shortage of ambition to reduce the number of stillbirths, neonatal deaths, maternal deaths and brain injury, the importance of reviewing and learning from deaths and improving maternity care and safety.
Chris Reid, Co- founder of Teddy’s Wish that supports grieving families and continue research into the causes behind SIDS, neonatal death and stillbirth, spoke movingly about the death of his son Edward Louis Reid and the aims of the charity.
The event was followed by a deeply moving remembrance service, in the Chapel of St Mary Undercroft, where bereaved parents and family members were invited to write a message in memory of their babies and children.
The reception was made possible through the ongoing support of a wide range of charities, health professionals and parents, and has been funded by the charities Teddy’s Wish and the Lullaby Trust.
For further information on the All Party Parliamentary Group on Baby Loss please follow the see Secretariat for the Group, The lullaby Trust’s, website.
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