Hospital trust to lead online service of remembrance  

University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) is marking this year’s Pregnancy and Infant Baby Loss Remembrance Day on Thursday 15 October with a special online service of remembrance.

The service, hosted in the Chapel of St Luke at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, will be led by hospital chaplain Reverend Duncan Ridgeon and the trust’s early pregnancy team. It will be streamed on the UHD Facebook page - @UHDTrust - at 7pm on Thursday.

Duncan said: “At UHD we have used this day to remember the babies that have not made it into the world by holding a short service of reflection, lighting candles and listening to music. We hope this shows that a families little ones, not seen but held in their hearts, are still important.

Particularly during the present crisis it is so important parents know there is support as they live with their grief.”

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is a day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death, which includes, but is not limited to, miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, and the death of a newborn.