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The stillbirth charity made the plea as part of Baby Loss Awareness Week which takes place this week, explaining it is part of its campaign to improve the care and help available to families in the days and weeks following the loss of a baby.
Abigail's Footsteps, which was launched in 2010, does provide midwife bereavement training, with an e-learning course. The programme was created in partnership with Sands and Child Bereavement UK and gifted to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), which makes it freely available to all members.
However, the charity now wants the content to be accessible to all midwives and maternity support staff as part of a mandatory training scheme.
Kamal Aggarwal, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, explained: "Baby Loss Awareness week is an important time to remember all the babies that have been lost to stillbirth, and to remind ourselves that there is still much more that can be done to support families both practically and emotionally.
"We believe that it is crucial that all midwives and maternity care staff are given the bereavement skills to support families and safeguard themselves.
"A commitment to compulsory training would ensure that the professionals that currently do an amazing job will be empowered to do even more to help the most vulnerable families. All it will cost is the midwives' time."
(JP/LM)
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Charity Calls For Compulsory Bereavement Training
The charity Abigail's Footsteps has called for compulsory bereavement training for all midwives and maternity support staff.The stillbirth charity made the plea as part of Baby Loss Awareness Week which takes place this week, explaining it is part of its campaign to improve the care and help available to families in the days and weeks following the loss of a baby.
Abigail's Footsteps, which was launched in 2010, does provide midwife bereavement training, with an e-learning course. The programme was created in partnership with Sands and Child Bereavement UK and gifted to the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), which makes it freely available to all members.
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However, the charity now wants the content to be accessible to all midwives and maternity support staff as part of a mandatory training scheme.
Kamal Aggarwal, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, explained: "Baby Loss Awareness week is an important time to remember all the babies that have been lost to stillbirth, and to remind ourselves that there is still much more that can be done to support families both practically and emotionally.
"We believe that it is crucial that all midwives and maternity care staff are given the bereavement skills to support families and safeguard themselves.
"A commitment to compulsory training would ensure that the professionals that currently do an amazing job will be empowered to do even more to help the most vulnerable families. All it will cost is the midwives' time."
(JP/LM)
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