Routinely offering women further tests after their first miscarriage – rather than waiting until their third – could prevent more than 10,000 losses a year in the UK, a study suggests. The additional measures are effective and can be achieved “without significant additional workload for NHS teams”, according to pregnancy and baby charity Tommy’s. The move could also spare thousands of families each year trauma, experts said. Currently, the NHS will run tests after a third miscarriage in most cases. This leaves families “unsupported” with their “grief unrecognised”, a new report by Tommy’s said. The pilot study by researchers at Tommy’s National Centre for Miscarriage Research and Birmingham Women’s Hospital trialled a so-called graded model of miscarriage care. This involves the NHS intervening at an earlier stage, with women offered a one-to-one consultation with a specialist nurse after their first loss to discuss health before conception and during pregnancy.…