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This CPD certified conference chaired by Professor Alex Heazell, Clinical Director, Tommy's Stillbirth Research Centre, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester focuses on the important issue of Saving Babies Lives: Reducing Stillbirth, and implementing Version 2 of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle. The programme will update delegates on Saving Babies Lives during the Covid-19 Pandemic, with an opening presentation from Professor Asma Khalil, Consultant Obstetricianand Lead, Multiple Birth and Maternal Fetal Medicine Teams, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who will share the findings from her research that found an increase in the incidence of stillbirth during the pandemic compared to the period before.
“The incidence of stillbirth was significantly higher during the pandemic than the pre-pandemic period in a hospital in the UK… Those findings were based on pregnancy outcomes measured at St George’s University Hospital in London in two periods: one, from 1 October 2019 to 31 January 2020 (the pre-pandemic group), and the other from 1 February 2020 to 14 June 2020 (the pandemic group).The incidence of stillbirth in the pre-pandemic period was 2.38 per 1000 births compared to 9.31 per 1000 births in the pandemic period. The authors note none of the pregnant women who experienced stillbirth had symptoms suggestive of COVID-19, nor did the postmortem or placental examinations suggest SARS-CoV-2 infection. ”
“Our findings are consistent with the increase in deaths and reduction in care-seeking observed in the general UK population during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The programme will also include sessions focusing on; Learning from MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies; Reducing Stillbirth as a result of incidents during labour; and Learning from perinatal mortality reviews at a local level. Professor Jason Gardosi, Director of the Perinatal Institute, will describe the effects of the national GAP programme on stillbirth prevention.
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to deliver best practice in the prevention of stillbirth
- Reflect on the Lived Experience of losing a baby through stillbirth
- Explore the changes outlined in version 2 of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle
- Update your care processes as a results of the Covid-19 pandemic including working to support pregnant women during Covid-19
- Learn from outstanding practice in delivering the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle Version 2 and Each Baby Counts
- Reflect on national developments and learning from MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK
- Improve the way you investigate and learn using the National Perinatal Mortality Review Tool
- Develop your skills in the Effective Implementation of the Saving Babies Lives Care Bundle
- Understand how you identify and improve the management of risk factors
- Identify key strategies for learning from perinatal mortality reviews at a local level
- Ensure you implementing the latest evidence to reduce Stillbirth as a result of incidents during labour
- Understand how you can better support women and families following stillbirth
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
