PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Infant Mortality and Miscarriage: Stockport (22 November 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve provision of bereavement support in Stockport constituency for parents and families following miscarriage or baby loss.

Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)

In 2022/23, NHS England has provided £2.26 million to expand the number of staff trained in bereavement care and is supporting the deployment of a National Bereavement Care Pathway to reduce the variation in the quality of bereavement care, including in Stockport.

In addition, we aim to improve the access to and quality of perinatal mental health care for mothers and their partners through expanding mental health hubs and the introduction of pregnancy loss certificates.

Answered by:
Maria Caulfield (Conservative)
8 December 2022