Resources and references
Miscarriage Association films
- The ambulance call-out
- In A&E
- The GP surgery
- At the booking-in scan
- Talking about the management of miscarriage
- Talking about the sensitive disposal of pregnancy remains
Miscarriage Association good practice guides (pdfs)
- Ambulance crews & first responders
- Accident & emergency
- General practice
- Scanning in pregnancy
- Talking about management of miscarriage
- Talking about the sensitive disposal of pregnancy remains
National guidance
- NMC Code of professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates. 2018
- GMC Good practice guide. 2014
- NICE Guideline Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage: diagnosis and initial management. 2019
- National Bereavement Care Pathway. Miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and molar pregnancy. 2018
N.B. The National Bereavement Care Pathway, Scotland is in development, to be piloted from late 2019. It is hoped that there will be further Pathways for Wales and Northern Ireland. - Human Tissue Authority guidance on the disposal of pregnancy remains and FAQs for health professionals
- RCN guidance on managing the disposal of pregnancy remains
- Scottish government minimum standards for the disposal of pregnancy remains
- Guidance on miscarriages that occur at home (ICCM, Miscarriage and Sands)