Research published last Friday (May 9) by the University of Leicester found survival rates between 1994 and 2005 increased from 24 to 41 per cent at 24 weeks gestation and 52 to 63 per cent at 25 weeks gestation. However, these children can often have long-term health needs.
Responding to the findings, Katrina McNamara-Goodger, head of policy and practice at the Association for Children's Palliative Care, said more needed to be done to find out where these children are living so services can prepare to care for them.
She added: "What I would like to see is better planning of services and better working between hospital services and the community and hospice sector to recognise all the support that's available to these families."
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