Lancaster MP calls for expansion of baby loss certificates

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 13 Oct, 17:38 · Archive

Lancaster MP Cat Smith has called for the NHS to extend rules around baby loss certificates after her partner was not allowed to be named on theirs.

Lancaster MP Cat Smith has called for the NHS to extend the rules around baby loss certificates in England after her partner was not allowed to be named on theirs. Smith said that when people leave hospital following a miscarriage, they have little to show apart from leaflets from the Miscarriage Association.

The MP's call comes after her own experience with the current restrictions on who can be named on such certificates.

Lancaster MP calls for expansion of baby loss certificates — Image: Chorley Guardian

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'When you leave hospital you don’t have anything' Lancashire MP Cat Smith calls for baby loss certificates‘The thing about miscarriages, is that when you leave hospital you don’t have anything apart from maybe some leaflets from the Miscarriage Association’ Lancashire MP Cat Smith says baby loss certificates should be expanded.Chorley Guardian · 13 Oct, 17:00
Lancaster MP's baby loss plea after miscarriageLancaster MP Cat Smith has called for the NHS to extend the rules around baby loss certificates in England after her partner was not allowed to be named on theirs.Lancaster Guardian · 13 Oct, 10:10

In this story: Cat Smith · NHS · Lancaster · England · Miscarriage Association

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