Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the National Maternity and Perinatal Audit, what steps he is taking to ensure that maternity units implement the recommendations highlighted in the report to follow NICE guidance on multiple births.
The Twins and Multiple Births Association’s Quality Improvement Programme, funded by the Department, statistically proved that implementing the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance reduces twin stillbirths, neonatal deaths and neonatal admissions.
Based on the evidence generated through the Quality Improvement Programme, the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle (Version Two) strongly encourages providers and commissioners to implement NICE guidance and stipulates best practice for multiple pregnancies.
The NHS Long Term Plan highlights the Department’s aim to roll out the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle across every maternity unit in England.