Programme information
- Title:
- Saving Babies' Lives (SBL)
- Description:
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The Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle (SBLCB) elearning programme has been developed to support the implementation of SBLCB Version 3 in maternity units across the NHS, published in June 2023 and updated v3.2 in April 2025. SBLCBv3.2 has been produced to build on the achievements of version 2. It aims to provide detailed information for providers and commissioners of maternity care on how to reduce perinatal mortality across England. The 3rd version of the care bundle brings together 6 elements of care that are widely recognised as evidence-based and/or best practice to improve care and outcome for women and their babies, these are:
• Reducing smoking in pregnancy and A SmokeFree Pregnancy
• Fetal Growth: Risk assessment, surveillance, and management
• Raising awareness of reduced fetal movement (RFM)
• Effective fetal monitoring during labour
• Prediction, prevention and perinatal optimisation of preterm birth
• Management of pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy for women with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes
An additional elearning course that focuses on obstetric ultrasound is also available.
• Ultrasound: Saving Babies Lives (This is a supplementary piece of eLearning and is optional. Note: Currently aligns to SBLCB v2)
The programme is aimed at midwives, obstetricians , perinatal/neonatal teams and sonographers.
Learners will benefit through improved midwifery, perinatal/neonatal and obstetric knowledge and skills to implement each element of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Version 3.2, improving safety for women and their babies across England.
- Created:
- 22 Jan 2020
- Last Major Update:
- 2 Jul 2025
- Keywords:
- maternity, midwives, midwifery, maternity support worker, MSW, neonatal
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- Title:
- Saving Babies' Lives (SBL)
- Description:
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The Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle (SBLCB) elearning programme has been developed to support the implementation of SBLCB Version 3 in maternity units across the NHS, published in June 2023 and updated v3.2 in April 2025. SBLCBv3.2 has been produced to build on the achievements of version 2. It aims to provide detailed information for providers and commissioners of maternity care on how to reduce perinatal mortality across England. The 3rd version of the care bundle brings together 6 elements of care that are widely recognised as evidence-based and/or best practice to improve care and outcome for women and their babies, these are:
• Reducing smoking in pregnancy and A SmokeFree Pregnancy
• Fetal Growth: Risk assessment, surveillance, and management
• Raising awareness of reduced fetal movement (RFM)
• Effective fetal monitoring during labour
• Prediction, prevention and perinatal optimisation of preterm birth
• Management of pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy for women with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes
An additional elearning course that focuses on obstetric ultrasound is also available.
• Ultrasound: Saving Babies Lives (This is a supplementary piece of eLearning and is optional. Note: Currently aligns to SBLCB v2)
The programme is aimed at midwives, obstetricians , perinatal/neonatal teams and sonographers.
Learners will benefit through improved midwifery, perinatal/neonatal and obstetric knowledge and skills to implement each element of the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Version 3.2, improving safety for women and their babies across England.
- Created:
- 22 Jan 2020
- Last Major Update:
- 2 Jul 2025
- Keywords:
- maternity, midwives, midwifery, maternity support worker, MSW, neonatal