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A paper led by Dr Peter Jackson has won the Health Service Executive (HSE) Open Access Research Award in the Acute Care and Hospitals category. Titled ‘’, this paper explores the care experiences of parents whose pregnancy was diagnosed with a fatal fetal anomaly following the legalisation of termination of pregnancy in 2019 in Ireland. Congratulations to Peter, and his supervisors – Dr Stacey Power-Walsh, Dr Rebecca Dennehy and – on this award!

On 28 November, Professor Keelin O’Donoghue, Ruadh Kelly-Harrington, Marita Hennessy PhD and Professor Mary Donnelly (School of Law) briefed members of the Oireachtas on the findings of the PLACES Project on behalf of the research team.

At an ordinary – the start of 2023, members considered and approved a motion calling on Stephen Donnelly to improve and standardise miscarriage care and services nationally.

Members of the PLRG attended the Maternity & Perinatal Loss Network Meeting 2023 on Wednesday 08 November in Dublin – the first meeting held since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Members of the Pregnancy Loss Research Group shared research on various aspects of termination of pregnancy at a one-day conference hosted by the titled ‘After the Review: What Next for Irish Abortion Services?’. Research presented included healthcare professionals’ knowledge and clinical practice, fetal anomaly diagnosis and termination of pregnancy, women and men’s experiences of pregnancy with fetal anomaly, and a review of the first three years of inpatient service.

The Perinatal Pathology Team at Cork ����1000���� Hospital and Cork ����1000���� Maternity Hospital were highly commended for their project titled “Development of a Novel Specialist Perinatal Medical Scientist Programme” under the Innovation in Service Delivery Category at the . The Team travelled to Dublin on 05 October to present their project at the selection event in Dr Steeven’s Hospital.

This , the Pregnancy Loss Research Group has launched a ‘Call to Action’ to increase awareness and action around pregnancy loss. Titled ‘Why don’t we talk about pregnancy loss?’, the document outlines key statistics around the incidence of pregnancy loss in Ireland.

Members of the Pregnancy Loss Research Group presented a range of work from the Group at the 2023 ISPID International Conference held in Florence from 05-08 October.

Dr Brendan Fitzgerald, Consultant Perinatal Pathologist at Cork ����1000���� Hospital, presented two papers on second trimester miscarriage at the recent Annual Meeting of the . This work forms part of the perinatal pathology strand of research at the Pregnancy Loss Research Group.

We held a Stillbirth Webinar “Stillbirth Matters – Prevention, Investigation, Management, and Care Webinar⁠” in conjunction with the ,  on 04 October 2023.