Over the last week we have seen a sudden increase in the number of people signing our petition to the department of health asking for a coordinated package of aftercare for families following the loss of a baby. 

Whilst it makes us really positive to see the figures increase it is tinged with sadness because most of the people signing have either been through the loss of a baby or child, or knows someone. 

We have had some amazing comments added when people have signed, and the message we are getting is that there has been a real deficit in the provision of bereavement support for many many years. 
There appears to have been acknowledgement that there has been some improvements but these have been very small and not in  all areas of the UK.

It is very sad and annoying that the government and NHS has not already looked at this area of inadequacy in previous years. Part of me thinks that it is maybe because now it has become more acceptable to talk openly about the death of a child. 
In years gone it has always been seen as a taboo subject and something that people didn't want to know about.

Since starting Charlies Angel Centre I think we have all been shocked by the stories of inadequate care we have heard from other families. We had hoped we were an exception and had been unlucky to have had the experiences we had but we are hearing from families that have recently lost a child and are still being given sub standard support.

We will not give up our campaign to get improvements across the UK. We are determined to see a change to the support families receive and are actually starting to see small changes happening in our local area.

Please keep signing and sharing our petition to everyone you know. The more people talking about the subject the sooner we can see changes.


https://www.change.org/p/department-of-health-to-ensure-a-coordinated-package-of-aftercare-for-all-families-following-the-loss-of-a-baby-child-which-will-involve-midwives-gps-and-full-support-networks?recruiter=96559660&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink