3 h. ago Bereavement leave to be rolled out to parents who experience pregnancy loss before 24 weeks

Changes to the Employment Rights Bill will ensure time off for those affected by loss

Politics

3 h. ago Parents to be given bereavement leave after miscarriage in 'hugely important' move

The change will give "people time away from work to grieve" if they miscarry before 24 weeks

Politics

14 h. ago Parents who lose pregnancy before 24 weeks to be entitled to bereavement leave

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said the change would give ‘people time away from work to grieve’.

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20 h. ago Parents in Britain to be granted bereavement leave after miscarriage

Mothers and partners will gain the legal right if they lose a baby before 24 weeks, in Labour workers’ rights reformParents in Britain will be granted a right to bereavement leave after suffering a miscarriage as part of Labour’s workers’ rights reforms, it has been confirmed.In a change to the law made via amendments to the employment rights bill, mothers and their partners will be given the legal right to at least one week’s bereavement leave if they have suffered a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks’ gestation. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Voices: Wes Streeting is right to listen to bereaved parents – and I am one of them

The health secretary has realised something that decades of policymakers have failed to realise, writes Louis Pilard – listening to parents like me who have lost a baby is key to improving the NHS’s maternity services

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1 week ago Bereaved parents claim son's death after being discharged from hospital was 'avoidable'

The Patel family claim their son died in August 2023 as a result of being discharged from St Thomas’s Hospital in Lambeth

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1 week ago The Guardian view on maternity care failings: Wes Streeting’s new inquiry must learn from past mistakes, not repeat them | Editorial

The health secretary deserves praise for trying something new. But links between poor care and overstretched staff must not be avoidedThe announcement of a new inquiry into maternity care failures in England, including the shockingly higher risk of mortality faced by black and Asian mothers, indicates an overdue recognition that improvements are needed. From the devastating 2015 review of a decade of failure at Morecambe Bay, to last year’s birth trauma report from MPs, there is no shortage of evidence that women face unacceptable risks when giving birth on the NHS. The question is whether a review chaired by Wes Streeting himself can achieve what previous ones have not.His role as chair is not the only novel aspect of this inquiry. A panel including bereaved parents will share their experiences and knowledge, alongside expert evidence. This format should focus minds on the human consequences of systemic failures, including mother and baby deaths, and on the need for accountabi...

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3 w. ago BBC Breakfast viewers left 'in tears' by 'hard to watch' interview with bereaved parents of Southport stabbing victims

Wednesday's instalment of the daily morning programme saw co-presenters Jon Kay and Sally Nugent cover the top stories.

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