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Gemma Sayer, winner of Elaine Thorp Award for Bereavement Care, with Kate Brintworth, Chief Midwifery Officer for England

Outstanding midwife wins the Elaine Thorp Award for Bereavement Care

Gemma Sayer, a bereavement support midwife at Airedale General Hospital in West Yorkshire, has won the Elaine Thorp Award for...

Posted 9 November 2023

A pregnant woman talks with a health care professional

Better board oversight needed to save babies’ lives - latest report from Sands and Tommy's Joint Policy Unit

The Sands and Tommy's Joint Policy Unit has published a report today, that highlights problems with the oversight that NHS...

Posted 7 November 2023

Sands wins two awards at The ScottishPower Foundation Awards 2023

We're thrilled to have clinched two awards at the ScottishPower Foundation Awards 2023, securing £20,000 in recognition of our support...

Posted 2 November 2023

Your stories of baby loss

Chloe's story

After a fabulous wedding day, an amazing honeymoon and eventually moving in to our first home at the end of a long period of restoration, falling pregnant was the final piece to our puzzle.

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Bhavna and Vijay's story

In May 2019, our son Joshan passed away in his father’s arms, shortly after he was born. He was removed from the ventilator, after we were told by doctors that he would not make a recovery, following a delayed emergency c-section.

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