Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 80586

Infant Mortality: Bereavement Counselling

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 22 October 2025

Question

Jayne Kirkham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help ensure that (a) fathers, (b) families from minority (i) ethnic and (ii) faith backgrounds and (c) other bereaved parents receive (A) timely, (B) equitable and (C) cu

Answer

Karin Smyth

Following the loss of a baby, all parents should receive timely, equitable, and culturally competent care. To support this, NHS England has provided funding to all integrated care boards (ICBs) to establish seven-day-a-week bereavement services across mat...

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