Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN HL1814

Perinatal Mortality

Tabled: 8 July 2026

Answered: 15 July 2026

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Merron on 19 June (HL946), given that access to independent investigation is not available to antepartum stillbirths or stillbirths before 37 weeks’ gestation, and depends upon est

Answer

All bereaved parents have the option to be involved in a high-quality review of the death of their baby, from 22 weeks' gestation up to 28 days post birth, through a perinatal mortality review. While this is carried out by the hospital or hospitals where ...

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