BURT CALLS FOR ACTION TO TACKLE PREMATURE BABY DEATHS
December 16, 2008 1:19 PM
Solihull's MP Lorely Burt is backing national charity Action Medical Research as it steps up its campaign for urgent government action to tackle premature birth.
Twenty five UK babies die each week due to complications arising from premature birth, yet little is known about why early labour happens; or how to prevent it.
Mrs Burt is supporting the charity's STAND UP for Tiny Lives Campaign, and has signed Action Medical Research's Early Day Motion 105 on premature birth.
People from Solihull can also back Action Medical Research's call for a Premature Birth Inquiry by visiting the www.standupfortinylives.org
It is hoped that an inquiry will lead to the development of the first national research strategy for tackling premature birth.
The STAND UP for Tiny Lives Campaign is being backed by leading scientists and medical researchers, the NCT (formerly known as the National Childbirth Trust), and professional bodies, including the Neonatal Nurse Association, British Association of Perinatal Medicine, Neonatal Society and the European Pre-term Labour Group.
Lorely Burt said:
"Medical experts are currently unable to say which factors are most important in putting mums-to-be at risk of premature birth. This is seriously hampering their ability to develop good preventative strategies.
"We need to understand more about the process of how premature birth begins and develops. Medical research can help in this area.
"Premature birth is often seen as a discreet event, yet the health impact of a child being born too soon can last a lifetime. Some mothers will go on to have more than one premature baby."
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