The STAND UP for Tiny Lives Campaign is backed by some of the top medics, scientists, nurses, midwives, professions allied to medicine, charities and groups in the UK, who are calling on government to act to tackle premature birth:

• We, the undersigned, call on this (and any future) Government to urgently address the problem of premature birth.
• We are extremely concerned by the more than 25 deaths that occur each week as a result of complications arising from premature birth.
• We acknowledge that this is the largest cause of deaths among babies under one.
• We believe that the key to reducing deaths resulting from premature birth is to help more babies be born at term.
• We believe premature birth is an issue that politicians from across the political spectrum must come together to tackle, if we are serious about protecting some of our most vulnerable members of society.
• We call on the Department of Health and Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills, who both fund medical research, to jointly commission an independent Premature Birth Inquiry to look at developing a new national research strategy for reducing the rates of premature birth.
• We believe that a reduction in premature birth could also help lessen the emotional, social and financial impact on families and the services that care for them.

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