NHS England’s National Clinical Director for the Maternity Review and Women’s Health evaluates the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle for reducing stillbirths: It has never been safer to give birth in this country, but there is more that we can do and reducing stillbirth continues to be a priority for the NHS. There are currently […]
We are reviewing and updating these webpages to reflect the current work of the maternity and neonatal programme. Version two of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle (SBLCBv2), has been produced to build on the achievements of version one and address the issues identified in the its evaluation. This version aims to provide detailed information […]
Saving babies’ lives is a care bundle designed to support providers, commissioners and professionals take action to reduce stillbirths.
This version of saving babies lives has been replaced by version three.
This document is the second version of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle (SBLCBv2), which has been produced to help reduce perinatal mortality across England.
This version of saving babies lives has been replaced by version three.
The Saving babies’ lives care bundle provides evidence-based best practice for providers and commissioners of maternity care across England to reduce perinatal mortality.
Letter from Dame Ruth May, DBE, Chief Nursing Officer, England; Dr Matthew Jolly, National Clinical Director for Maternity and Women’s Health, National Maternity Safety Champion, NHS England and Jess Reed, Deputy Chief Midwife, NHS England.
Evaluation shows clinical improvements across 19 sites led to maternity staff helping to save more than 160 babies’ lives. An estimated 600 stillbirths annually could be prevented if maternity units adopt national best practice says NHS England. Clinical improvements such as better monitoring of a baby’s growth and movement in pregnancy, as well as better […]
Pregnant women are to be offered specialist stop smoking referrals as part of NHS action to reduce stillbirths, which has already resulted in at least 160 babies’ lives being saved. Following the success of a programme introduced in 2015 which saw 20% fewer babies dying at birth, NHS England has today confirmed that the scheme […]
Smoking remains one of the biggest killers in this country. 64,000 people die from smoking related illnesses in England every year and it’s estimated that for every person who dies due to a smoking related illness, there are another 30 who will suffer from serious smoking related diseases. While smoking is most commonly associated with […]
Publications approval reference: 001559 Specialty guides for patient management during the coronavirus pandemic To: all maternity units and neonatal operational delivery networks 02 April 2020 Dear Colleague Safeguarding infants during the coronavirus pandemic: the ICON programme We are writing on NHS England’s behalf to ask for your help in preventing non-accidental injuries (NAI) to babies […]