A firefighter told he was putting the service 'under strain' after his partner had four miscarriages has said more support is needed for emergency service workers.
Oliver Dent, 29, said he was put on sickness monitoring at Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service when he took time off work to grieve.
Mr Dent and his fiancee Caitlin Phillips-Diggons, 26, suffered four miscarriages in a year until tests revealed Ms Phillips-Diggons had a high number of natural killer cells.
Natural killer cells (NK cells) are part of the body’s immune system but a high level are often found in recurrent miscarriages.
