A closer look at “UK health secretary apologises for mass graves of stillborn babies between 1930s and 1980s”, exactly as the source publishes it. Health Secretary Yvette Cooper has issued a profound apology for the “unthinkable pain” caused to parents whose stillborn babies were buried in mass graves, a practice common in UK hospitals from the 1930s to the 1980s. The apology follows a long-running campaign by Wirral woman Gina Jacobs and others, who spent decades not knowing where their babies were buried after they were taken from mothers at hospital and interred in communal graves without consent or clear records.
Cooper acknowledged the lasting trauma and the failure to treat bereaved parents with dignity, calling the practice a source of deep and enduring grief. The move is part of wider efforts to address historical injustices in maternity and bereavement care, with calls for a public inquiry and better support for affected families. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.