Listed below are the key documents used in the development of the Postnatal bereavement notes V17.1 (July 2017).

1. MBBRACE – UK (2015) Saving lives, Improving Mother’s care. Surveillance of Maternal Deaths In the UK www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk/reports

2. National Maternity Review (2016) Better Births – improving outcomes of maternity services in England. www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/futurenhs/mat.review

3. National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) (2014) Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health. www.nice.org.uk

4. NICE (2015) Guideline for Routine Postnatal Care. www.nice.org.uk

5. National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (2014) Listening to Parents, after a stillbirth or the death of their baby after birth. www.npeu.ox.ac.uk/listeningtoparents

6. Nursing and Midwifery Council (2015) The Code – Professional Standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives. www.nmc.org.uk

7. RCOG (2010) Late intrauterine Fetal Death and Stillbirth-Green Top Guideline No. 55. www.rcog.org.uk/guidelines

8. RCOG (2015) Reducing the risk of thrombosis and embolism during pregnancy and the puerperium. www.rcog.org.uk/guidelines

9. SANDS (2011) The SANDS Audit Tool for maternity services – Caring for parents whose baby has died. www.uk-sands.org

10. SANDS (2014) Stillbirth – how professionals can make a difference. www.uk-sands.org

11. SANDS (2016) Pregnancy loss and Death of a Baby-Guideline for professionals. (4th edition) www.uk-sands.org

12. SANDS (2012) Preventing Babies’ Deaths, what needs to be done. www.uk-sands.org