| answer text |
<p>All bereaved parents, following baby loss, should be offered the same high standard
of care and support in an appropriate environment. The Government committed full funding
of over £100,000 for the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death charity (Sands) to continue
the roll-out of the National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP) in 2018/19. This builds
upon £50,000 of start-up funding.</p><p> </p><p>This funding has enabled Sands to
actively support 32 NHS trusts and foundation trusts to implement the NBCP over the
past two years. An evaluation of Wave 1 implementation found that 94% of parents who
received bereavement care in the period the NBCP was used felt that all staff could
provide a consistently high level of care and 98% felt they were treated with respect.
We would encourage all services caring for parents who experience baby loss to adopt
the NBCP. Care providers can access all of the NBCP standards, pathway materials and
training resources via the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nbcpathway.org.uk"
target="_blank">http://www.nbcpathway.org.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department’s Business
Planning process takes place annually. Expenditure, including any awards made through
grant funding, cannot be confirmed until the Business Planning process has been concluded
and budgets for the relevant financial year approved.</p>
|
|
