Baby Loss

Debate between Antoinette Sandbach and Jamie Reed

Thursday 13th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[Antoinette Sandbach]

I most certainly do. That is exactly the kind of bureaucratic barrier that needs to be broken down. My hon. Friend’s example powerfully demonstrates the need to have a proper bereavement care pathway in place in every region. It should not matter where someone lives; everyone who needs such support should be able to access it.

[Mr Jamie Reed (Copeland) (Lab)]

In relation to the integrated bereavement care pathway, does the hon. Lady envisage the same level of service for parents who have suffered bereavement post-hospital discharge as the service that parents would receive following a bereavement in their own home?

[Antoinette Sandbach]

I agree with the hon. Gentleman. It should not matter what kind of loss a person suffers; they should be able to access that bereavement care pathway whether it is inside or outside hospital.