Entries by JPU

Saving babies’ lives 2026

This is the fourth Saving Babies’ Lives Progress report published by the Joint Policy Unit. The report outlines five principles we believe a reformed maternity and neonatal system must be: safe, equitable, family-centred, accountable, and evidence-driven.

Commitments in the renewed Women’s Health Strategy must be embedded in system-level changes

In April, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) published a refreshed Women’s Health Strategy which contained commitments to listen to women*, tackle inequalities in health outcomes and improve performance in services that matter most to women, including enhancing miscarriage support. While individual commitments are welcome, the investigation and taskforce must consider how they are embedded in system-level changes.