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Bereavement / Pregnancy Loss

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Our Bereavement Team

Our Bereavement Team
Bereavement Support Midwives:
(on photo left to right)
Katie Courtney, Jane Laking, Debra Virchis

 
 
 
 
We offer a 7-day a week service giving ongoing medical, practical and emotional support following a pregnancy loss at any gestation.   We can see you in hospital and postnatally at home as well as giving telephone support as needed.  Please feel free to contact us by phone or email. If you are calling please leave a name, number and why you are calling and we will contact you as soon as we can.
We are well supported by the wider team who offer counselling, clinical expertise and advice for future care and may refer you on to other services
 
Other Team Members:
Harry Gibson – Lead Obstetrician for Perinatal Bereavement
Benjamin Black – Clinical Lead for Surgical Management of Pregnancy Loss

We work closely with our colleagues in;
Early Pregnancy Unit/Womens Diagnostic Unit
Fetal Medicine Unit
 
Contact: 
Bereavement Support Midwives Team
Tel: 07825 009071
Email: whh-tr.bereavementmidwife@nhs.net

Registration and Funeral Arrangements

 
Registering your stillbirth (over 24 weeks or neonatal death). Registration will need to be completed prior to making funeral arrangements for your baby.
 
Baby Loss Certificate for those born under 24 week - this is voluntary and you do not need to complete if you don't want to.

Remembering Your Baby

Memory Tree - We have a memory tree in the Labour Ward Reception that was started in October 2023 during Baby Loss Awareness Week. If you would like a star added to the tree for your baby please email the Bereavement Midwives on whh-tr.bereavementmidwife@nhs.net and we will be happy to do that for you.

Act of Remembrance - every year on the 1st Sunday in February at 3pm the hospital holds an Act of Remembrance for Babies and Children. The Act of Remembrance is for people of all faiths or none who have experienced the loss of a child or baby before, during, or after birth. It is an event marked with reading of poems, singing songs, saying prayers and times of reflections. Anyone is welcome to join us. If you would like to added to our circulation list please contact our Chaplaincy via email on whh-tr.chaplaincy@nhs.net

Last updated27 Mar 2025