This endorsement recognises and highlights the relevance of our baby loss training programme for neonatal nurses.

NNA endorsement is awarded following a thorough review process in which the applicant must demonstrate the quality of their training event and its relevance to NNA members.

Contributing to NNA members’ continuing professional development, attending one of our baby loss training workshops will help you feel more confident and better skilled to provide good bereavement support, and to improve the neonatal experience for staff, babies and their families.

Training sessions can be designed specifically for your team. Subjects that can be included:

• Update on latest UK baby loss statistics

• Update on latest research/protocols/guidelines and pathways

• How to communicate sensitively with families including the parents lived experience

• Breaking bad or unexpected news

• Supporting families from different faiths and cultures

• Loss and grief on a neonatal unit

• Staff well-being

To find out more about our training, including funding opportunities:

Email admin@bereavementtraining.com or call 0771 2631509

Providing high-quality support and care for families following a pregnancy loss or the death of a baby or child is an important element of the role of professionals. To help ensure that all families receive the best possible care it is essential that staff have access to good quality training.

In partnership with Abigail’s Footsteps charity We have been delivering fully funded two hour baby loss virtual training sessions on a weekly basis since June.  We are so grateful to this amazing charity and have been overwhelmed by the demand for this training and the fantastic feedback we have received.

More recently we have formed a partnership with The Lily Mae Foundation, providing fully funded baby loss training sessions for professionals in the West Midlands.

In March, just before lockdown, we delivered a pilot training session designed for counsellors working with parents following a pregnancy loss or death of a baby. We are delighted to be working in partnership with Petals charity to design and deliver this specialist training and are looking forward to delivering our first virtual session in November.

Earlier this year, our founder and principal, Paula Abramson was delighted to be invited  to become an Ambassador for Abigail’s Footsteps charity.  She has also been asked to become a specialist advisor for the neonatal charity, The Kit Tarka Foundation. Paula continues to be an active member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Baby Loss and a member of the advisory panel for the Pan London Lead Nurse for Neonatal Palliative Care role.

Paula has guest presented at various events including the Children’s Funeral Charity Annual Conference, the National Bereavement Alliance webinar, the London Neonatal Network Study Day, and in November, Paula has been invited to talk at the Institute of Health Visitors Neonatal Ambassador training session.

Paula has also co-authored a chapter in the ‘Neonatal Palliative Care for Nurses’ textbook and has had two articles published in the British Journal of Midwifery.

Our training is designed for all professionals who provide care for parents when a baby or child dies, including midwives and student midwives, obstetricians, neonatal, paediatric and gynaecology staff, sonographers, GPs and other primary care providers, health visitors, counsellors and chaplains.

Our professional facilitators, with many years of experience, can provide our bespoke bereavement training to you and your staff at your place of work or deliver the training online.

We are looking forward to working with our existing and new clients in the coming year.

For further information and to find out how you can book a training or consultancy session, please email paula@bereavementtraining.com or visit our website www.bereavementtraining.com

Paula is a specialist in designing and delivering bereavement training for professionals following a pregnancy loss or death of a baby. Paula is the founder and principal at Bereavement Training International, and is passionate about ensuring that high-quality bereavement training is widely available and accessible.

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Thanks to all of you who have supported me with my new venture, and for helping me to establish my new baby and infant loss consultancy. 2020 is set to be a busy year!  If you would like to discuss your teams training requirements for next year, please contact me paula@bereavementtraining.com or visit our website www.bereavementtraining.com

t bereavement training and support. ‘our bespoke training provides a safe learning space, away from the hustle and bustle of the daily routine, enhancing midwives skillsets and increasing their confidence and knowledge when supporting parents following the death of a baby’

Latest stats from the ONS suggest a slight decrease in numbers of stillbirths & neonatal deaths in England – to reach the government’s target to halve the rate of stillbirths and neonatal deaths by 2025, we need to reduce this further; from 4.0(2018) to 2.6 per 1000 births for stillbirths and from 2.8(2018) to 1.5 per 1000 for neonatal deaths.

Recommendations from the 2019 BLAW Alliance Report: ‘Governments and the NHS must ensure that any parent who has suffered pregnancy or baby loss and needs high-quality specialist psychological support can access it free of charge, at a time and place that is right for them, wherever they live in the UK’  Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Bereaved parents falling through the gaps in mental health care

The National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP) was launched in 2017 and has been piloted in 32 NHS Trusts in England. It was established to ensure bereaved parents and their families are supported in the best way possible. There are now 45 NHS sites across England actively using the Pathway, with another 70+ sites expressing interest in adopting it https://www.sands.org.uk/about-sands/media-centre/news/2019/05/national-bereavement-care-pathway-helps-improve-care-received

Earlier this month, the International Stillbirth Alliance held its’ Annual Conference in Madrid and reported that globally, each day 14,000 babies are stillborn or die during the neonatal period. Some good news is that the UK seem to be leading the way in bereavement care for parents, with many countries struggling to provide support. However, more work needs to be done in the UK for staff support and access to high-quality training.

The APPG meeting concluded with Clea Harmer, CEO of SANDS, presenting an overview of BLAW 2019. In the last ten years, the BLAW alliance has grown from 17 – 89 members. There were more than 265 buildings across the country lit up in pink and blue, the ‘wave of light’ trended on twitter and there was more press and media coverage than ever before

Whilst we know that nothing can prepare parents for how it feels to have a baby in neonatal care, we do know that having compassionate family centred care can make a difference, and can help families through this very difficult and often challenging time.

Bereavement Training International, can provide bespoke training for your neonatal team, to help you provide high quality support to parents, families and staff www.bereavementtraining.com