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<p>The Department provided grant funding for the Twins Trust Maternity Engagement
Project which provided evidence that implementing National Institute for Health and
Care Excellence (NICE) guidance on managing twin and multiple pregnancies can significantly
reduce twin stillbirths, neonatal deaths and neonatal admissions. The two year evaluation
demonstrated an 18% reduction in neonatal deaths, a 7% reduction in stillbirths, a
23% reduction in neonatal admissions, and a 6% reduction in emergency caesarean sections.</p><p>Based
on the evidence generated through the Engagement Project, the Saving Babies’ Lives
care bundle (version two) strongly encourages providers and commissioners to implement
NICE guidance and stipulates best practice for multiple pregnancies.</p><p>The NHS
Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, highlights our aim to roll out the Saving
Babies Lives Care Bundle (version two) across every maternity unit in England in 2019.</p>
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