Maternity Services

(asked on 5th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Plan and NHS Planning Guidance commitments for 2019-20, what progress his Department has made on publishing an expansion to the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle with a focus on prevention of pre-term births; and if he will make a statement.


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Jackie Doyle-Price Portrait
Jackie Doyle-Price
This question was answered on 12th June 2019

Version two of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle was published by NHS England and NHS Improvement in March 2019. This version aims to provide detailed information for providers and commissioners of maternity care on how to reduce perinatal mortality across England. The second version of the care bundle brings together five elements of care that are widely recognised as evidence-based and/or best practice. Four of the elements are those covered by version one of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle; the new fifth element is reducing pre-term birth.

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