AQW 7301/22-27

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 22/02/2024
Answered On Date: 07/03/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health whether he will bring forward a voluntary scheme to allow parents to record and receive a certificate to provide recognition of their baby loss in early pregnancy, as is currently available in England.

Answer:

I recognise the impact that pregnancy loss at any stage can have on parents and welcome the recent introduction of pre-24-week pregnancy loss certificates in England, as recommended by the Independent Pregnancy Loss Review commissioned by the Westminster Government.

My Department will continue to engage with their counterparts in the Department of Health and Social Care in England as the new system is embedded there, with a view to understanding whether it might be possible to implement such a scheme in Northern Ireland, including any associated costs.