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Infant Mortality: Bereavement Counselling

Commons · Question 83952 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 30 Oct 2025

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Asked by Ian Byrne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all bereaved parents who need specialist psychological support following (a) pregnancy and (b) baby loss can access it (i) at any time and (ii) fr

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Answered by Karin Smyth, 30 Oct 2025

Experiencing pregnancy or baby loss can be extremely difficult and traumatic. We are determined to make sure all bereaved parents, regardless of where they live, have access to specialist psychological support, free of charge through the National Health S...