I'm of an age (and profession) where I'm surrounded by beautiful pictures of happy families with their new born son or daughter, and that unbridled joy is most definitely contagious, but I ask you just for a few seconds to imagine that wasn't possible.

Sadly, as we are very aware in my family, the death of a baby before, during or shortly after birth is still not a rare occurrence in the UK. Each day dozens of families are left to cope with the loss of their child without dedicated bereavement rooms and nowhere private to spend time with their baby before they have to say goodbye. Gaps in training for health professionals mean parents whose happiness has been shattered are left without counselling or even a sensitive explanation about why their baby died.