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BBC Radio 1Xtra: 'EastEnders at 30: Real-Life Drama’

Yesterday BBC Radio 1Xtra broadcast 'EastEnders at 30: Real-Life Drama’, part of which looked at t he recent storyline depicting...

Posted 7 December 2015

Sands hosts ‘Lights of Love’ services to provide a special time during festive period to remember babies who have died

With the festive season nearly upon us, Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, is organising a series of twelve...

Posted 30 November 2015

Sands response to study published in the BMJ revealing inconsistencies in the perinatal mortality rate on different days of the week

Judith Abela, Acting Chief Executive of Sands, said: “It’s widely acknowledged that there are serious inconsistencies in the delivery of...

Posted 25 November 2015

New Scarborough & District Sands Group

Bereaved mother Gemma Earnshaw I’Anson, is one of a group of local parents on a mission to provide support to...

Posted 24 November 2015

BBC Local Radio: Sands' Senior Research and Prevention Officer Charlotte Bevan interviewed

Following the publication of the MBRRACE-UK National Confidential Enquiry into antepartum term stillbirths, Sands Research and Prevention Officer Charlotte Bevan...

Posted 20 November 2015

BBC Radio 4 Today: Stillbirth mother: I couldn't protect him

Following the MBRRACE-UK National Confidential Enquiry into antepartum term stillbirths, BBC Radio 4's Today Programme reported that hospitals are missing...

Posted 20 November 2015

ITV Good Morning Britain: 500 stillbirths a year could be prevented

The MBRRACE-UK National Confidential Enquiry into antepartum term stillbirths has found that major failings in the care of pregnant women...

Posted 20 November 2015

Daily Mail: Experts demand action to lower stillbirth rate

MBRRACE- UK has today launched the National Confidential Enquiry into antepartum term stillbirths. The report suggests improvements in quality of...

Posted 19 November 2015

The Telegraph: Half of stillbirths could be avoided through basic checks and listening to women

Research published today, by MBRRACE-UK, has shown that improvements in quality of care could save hundreds of babies' lives every...

Posted 19 November 2015

Telegraph: Stillbirth: 'If the hospital had taken me seriously, my baby son might be alive'

Shavon Perkins' baby, Joseph, was stillborn at term. Read her moving blog following the publication of the MBRRACE-UK National Confidential...

Posted 19 November 2015

The Guardian: Better care could save hundreds of babies from stillbirth, says report

Sands Acting Chief Executive, Judith Abela, comments on MBRRACE-UK's National Cofidential Enquiry report, which found that half of all term...

Posted 19 November 2015

Babies are dying because of basic gaps in care – Sands response to MBRRACE-UK National Confidential Enquiry into antepartum term stillbirths

Thursday 19 November 2015 A new report, the MBRRACE-UK National Confidential Enquiry into antepartum term stillbirths, suggests improvements in quality...

Posted 19 November 2015

Daily Mail: Up to 600 stillborn babies a year 'are dying needlessly

Janet Scott, Research and Prevention Lead at Sands, comments on avoidable stillbirths ahead of the Confidential Enquiry into antepartum deaths...

Posted 15 November 2015

Sands response to Health Secretary announcement of drive to cut stillbirths and neonatal deaths by half by 2030

The Health Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, has announced a new ambition to reduce the rate of stillbirths, neonatal and maternal deaths...

Posted 13 November 2015

BBC Breakfast: 'Stillbirth- still a lot more to do' says Chair of Leicestershire Sands

Chair of Leicestershire Sands, Roopal Shah, shared her personal experience as a bereaved mother with BBC Breakfast this morning who...

Posted 13 November 2015