Maternity Consortium report calls for action to prevent maternal suicide More training and education is needed to tackle rising rates of suicide among pregnant women and new mothers. Posted 10 Wrzesień 2024
Sands responds to the discovery of an unmarked communal grave in Oldham Sands is here to offer emotional support to anyone in Oldham and across the UK who has been affected by... Posted 9 Wrzesień 2024
New parliamentary sitting gets off to a good start with a strong debate on baby loss On Wednesday, less than two days after returning from their summer break, MPs were debating baby loss in parliament. There... Posted 5 Wrzesień 2024
Parents report ‘positive feedback’ on bereavement care in Scotland Evaluation report shows bereavement care improved following the introduction of the National Bereavement Care Pathway (NBCP) in Scotland. Posted 3 Wrzesień 2024
Aberdeen Sands support new Forget Me Not Garden The ‘Forget Me Not’ garden at Hazlehead Crematorium, Aberdeen has opened to the public. Posted 27 Sierpień 2024
Celebrating a Decade of Partnership: Enterprise Mobility™ and Sands in loving memory of baby Poppy We recently met with Enterprise Mobility™ to celebrate a decade of partnership and to thank them for their continued support... Posted 27 Sierpień 2024
Sands’ Helpline is awarded again with the Helplines Standard accreditation. Sands has been awarded the Helplines Standard accreditation by the Helplines Partnership for a further three years. Posted 21 Sierpień 2024
Meet Clare – Sands’ new Workplace Bereavement Support Officer Clare Haycock, who has been a member of Sands Bereavement Support Services team since 2022, has become our new Workplace... Posted 15 Sierpień 2024
When to contact maternity services? Sands and Tommy's Joint Policy Unit finds too much variation in advice. New research finds concerning variation in NHS advice in England on contacting maternity services in early labour. Posted 1 Sierpień 2024
Living with Grief After Multiple Miscarriages: Sarina and Vik’s Baby Loss Journey as a Punjabi Couple We are incredibly grateful to Sarina and Vik for sharing their story with us as part of South Asian Heritage... Posted 29 Lipiec 2024
How Sands supports bereaved parents in raising concerns about their care following pregnancy and baby loss, and information about medical negligence. Very sadly we know that in some cases where babies die there has been a failure in duty of care... Posted 15 Lipiec 2024
Latest MBRRACE data show urgent action needed to end inequality in baby loss New data released by MBRRACE-UK today highlight the need for urgent action to save more babies’ lives and tackle inequalities... Posted 11 Lipiec 2024
The new government must commit to transformative change to save more babies’ lives The challenges facing the new government and what they must do to improve maternity and neonatal services in the UK. Posted 8 Lipiec 2024
‘Guardian angel’ Midwife wins the Elaine Thorp Award for Bereavement Care Julie Wills, a Midwife at St Michael’s Hospital in Bristol has won the Elaine Thorp Award for Bereavement Care from... Posted 2 Lipiec 2024
Next government must end inequalities in maternity care Our response to the main political parties' election manifestos. Posted 20 Czerwiec 2024