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Paid leave for staff who suffer miscarriage will be NHS first

Source: Jeff Moore/PA Wire

NHS workers who suffer a miscarriage before they are six months pregnant will be given paid time off work as part of new guidelines.

Staff and their partners will be entitled to additional leave to process their grief under NHS England’s new National Pregnancy and Baby Loss People Policy Framework, which was issued to hospitals on Wednesday.

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