AQW 635/16-21 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health whether there are any plans to include a miscarriage support strategy as part of maternity services from 2016.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 6 June 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 6 June 2016
- Answer due by
- 21 June 2016
- Answered
- 14 June 20168 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department’s guidance entitled ‘Regional Bereavement Guidance on evidence-based, holistic care of parents and their families after the experience of miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death’ published in November 2014, updated December 2015, is the support strategy offered to women and their families throughout the time of their loss.
The Guidance is used in conjunction with specific care pathways for pregnancy loss at all gestations and is implemented by all HSC Trusts.