Whilst numbers of stillborn babies are reducing, there is still room for improvement according to a recent report.
The Times revealed recently that the numbers of babies being stillborn appears to be falling, citing statistics which show a reduction from 4.2 stillbirths per 1000 in 2013 to 3.84 per 1000 in 2015.
However, a study by The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, has recently found that better care could have saved three-quarters of those babies who either die before or shortly after birth or are severely brain-damaged.
The report includes recommendations to improve outcomes from childbirth focussed on foetal monitoring, neo-natal care and awareness of human factors involved in childbirth.
This report comes shortly after the BBC revealed a number of babies had died at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust between 2014 and 2016 due to failures in monitoring of the foetal heart rate.
The RCOG report is an assessment of the Each Baby Counts initiative which aims to halve the number of babies who die or are severely brain-damaged due to avoidable incidents during labour by 2020.
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