A UK study suggests routinely offering women further tests after a first miscarriage could prevent more than 10,000 pregnancy losses a year.

A UK study suggests routinely offering women further tests after a first miscarriage could prevent more than 10,000 pregnancy losses a year.

In most cases the NHS will run them after a third miscarriage. Baby and pregnancy charity Tommy’s works in partnership with hospitals like Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea Hospital in Hammersmith. It says this could spare thousands of families trauma each year. It also suggests it could save the health service 40-million pounds a year.

Charity is calling for implementation of graded model of miscarriage aftercare already available in Scotland across the whole of the UK – NHS England still considering a pilot

From BBC Health and on BBC Breakfast News today: Early care scheme could prevent thousands of miscarriages a year – In the Women’s Health Strategy announcement last week, the government said it was considering “wider adoption” across the NHS in England. Baroness Merron, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care said: “This will be carefully considered as part of our ongoing work to make sure women get the…

How could NHS miscarriages support change?

Pilot proposal could broaden NHS support A new “early care” pilot in the NHS aims to prevent thousands of miscarriages each year by changing how eligibility for support is triggered. Under existing rules, people generally need to experience three unsuccessful pregnancies before NHS care becomes…