Registration of stillbirths and certification for pregnancy loss before 24 weeks of gestation (Good Practice No. 4)

A continuous flow of enquiries to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Office for National Statistics highlighted the need for a statement on the interpretation and implementation of the registration law where it is known that a fetus had died in utero before 24 weeks but is expelled from the mother after 24 weeks.

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Date published: 01/01/2005

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