MP backs campaign to prevent baby deaths (From Warrington Guardian)
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Warrington South MP David Mowat backs campaign to prevent baby deaths
12:20pm Tuesday 24th January 2012 in News
David Mowat MP meets with Fran Heald and her husband Jon Betts at a parliamentary reception at the House of Commons organised by Sands
DAVID Mowat MP met with Warrington parents who are campaigning to help prevent babies deaths.
The Warrington South MP met Fran Heald and her husband Jon Betts at a parliamentary reception at the House of Commons organised by Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, for the launch of their new report, Preventing Babies’ Deaths: what needs to be done.
Pledging his support to the campaign Mr Mowat said: “I was shocked to discover the scale of baby deaths in the UK. Seventeen babies are stillborn or die shortly after birth every day, with stillbirth being the largest contributor to child deaths under the age of five years.
“These deaths have a devastating impact on parents and their families, and I fully support Sands in their call for urgent action to prevent baby deaths in the future.”
