Title:

National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBC)

Description:

Welcome to the National Bereavement Care Pathway training programme.

This programme has been written to share the elements of good bereavement care.

It has been developed by a collaboration of charities, professional organisations and experts to improve bereavement care and reduce variability in care after:

• Miscarriage, which is pregnancy loss or the death of an unborn baby before 24 weeks of pregnancy
• Ectopic pregnancy, when the pregnancy develops outside of the uterus
• Molar pregnancy, when an abnormal fertilised egg implants in the uterus – the placental tissue develops even though the egg doesn’t
• Termination of pregnancy after a prenatal diagnosis
• Stillbirth, when a baby dies before or during birth at or after 24 weeks of pregnancy
• Neonatal death, when a baby dies within 28 days of birth
• Sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), when a baby or toddler under 1 year dies suddenly and unexpectedly

Created:

6 Aug 2019

Last Major Update:

22 Jan 2024

Keywords:

bereavement care, baby loss, making memories, pregnancy loss, miscarriage, TOPFA, termination of pregnancy for fetal anomaly, stillbirth, neonatal death, SUDI, sudden unexpected death, NBCP, National Bereavement Care Pathway, maternity, midwives, midwifery, maternity support worker, MSW, neonatal