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Stockton Gazette: Stockton four-year-old to swim half a mile in memory of stillborn baby brother

Four-year- old Serena Kilcullen is all set to take on a swimming challenge in aid of Sands, in memory of...

Posted 6 April 2015

Eastern Daily Press:For the love of Isobel - couple whose daughter was stillborn at 29 weeks carrying out 29 challenges in her memory

Charlene and Mark Angel- Trueman will begin the first of 29 challenges on 25 April, in memory of their baby...

Posted 3 April 2015

Sands' response to the Public Administration Select Committee’s Inquiry ‘Investigating clinical incidents in the NHS’ report

Sands welcomes the report from the Public Administration Select Committee’s Inquiry ‘Investigating clinical incidents in the NHS’, published today (27.03.2105).

Posted 27 March 2015

Scottish Sunday Post: Maggie is cycling for the child she never knew

Sands fundraiser, Maggie Scorer, and her dog Oscar set off on their 5,000 mile cycle around the coast of the...

Posted 26 March 2015

Teacher Tom takes on seven marathons in seven days for Sands

If you have ever run a marathon or even a half marathon you will know the dedication it takes to...

Posted 26 March 2015

Sands position statement in response to the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) Guidance on the Disposal of Pregnancy Remains Following Pregnancy Loss or Termination issued today

The Human Tissue Authority (HTA) has today (25 March 2015) issued Guidance on the Disposal of Pregnancy Remains Following Pregnancy...

Posted 25 March 2015

Sands response to figures on child mortality out today – reduction in stillbirth rates welcome but much more can be done

The Office for National Statistics has today (10 March 2015) published annual statistics on stillbirths, infant deaths and childhood deaths...

Posted 10 March 2015

Office for National Statistics publishes child mortality statistics for 2013

The final 2013 data for stillbirths and neonatal deaths, released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), shows a fall...

Posted 10 March 2015

One woman, one dog, one bike and 5000 miles around UK coast for two charities

A grandmother of eight, from Suffolk, is preparing to cycle around the UK coast with her faithful companion, seven-year-old golden...

Posted 9 March 2015

Sands' response to the Morecambe Bay Investigation report

The Morecambe Bay Investigation into maternal and baby deaths, reported its findings yesterday (03/03/2015). Sands Chief Executive, Neal Long, has...

Posted 4 March 2015

Warrington Sands to officially launch year of fundraising with balloon release in memory of babies who have died

Wa rrington Sands, , is hosting its official fundraising launch event on Saturday 28 February at 10.30am, at The Town...

Posted 25 February 2015

National Stillbirth Working Group for Wales

Sands is delighted to be a part of the re-launched National Stillbirth Working Group for Wales, which held its first...

Posted 23 February 2015

Inquiry into NHS Complaints and Clinical Failure

Shortly before Christmas, Parliament’s Public Administration Select Committee announced an inquiry into how incidents of clinical failure in the NHS...

Posted 20 February 2015

RCM e-learning course: coming soon

We have been working in collaboration with Child Bereavement UK to develop a bereavement care e-learning course aimed at midwives...

Posted 17 February 2015

Nursing Times: Maternity services urged to review serious clinical incidents in labour

Nursing Times reports on maternity services being asked to collect data as part of the Royal College of Obstetricians and...

Posted 5 February 2015