Huddersfield Daily Examiner: Huddersfield Sands opens new bereavement suite at local hospital A new bereavement suite for grieving parents has been opened at Calderdale Royal Hospital. The Little Footprints suite in the... Posted 4 February 2014
Huddersfield Sands to open new bereavement suite at local hospital A new bereavement suite for parents whose baby is stillborn or dies shortly after birth will be opened at the... Posted 30 January 2014
Listening to Parents survey results The results of Listening to Parent, the first national survey of bereaved parents ever undertaken, will be presented at the... Posted 29 January 2014
Stillbirth reduction becomes a number one priority Stillbirth reduction has been made a number one priority for the 12 new NHS maternity strategic clinical networks (SCNs) set... Posted 24 January 2014
Sands launches new booklet to support children affected by the death of a baby Sands new booklet Supporting children when a baby has died has been written primarily for the parents of children whose... Posted 15 January 2014
Missing audit data 2010 to 2012 Three years of national data about why babies die in England is either missing or of such poor quality it... Posted 6 January 2014
Daily Record:Mum-of-three Angela McCafferty tells how Christmas memories bring back anguish of baby boy's stillbirth Sands' Chair and bereaved parent, Angela McCafferty, talks to the Daily Record and reflects on the heartbreaking day her son... Posted 6 January 2014
Daily Mail: When an itch during pregnancy is a sign your baby is at risk The Daily Mail featured new research funded by Sands, and managed by Wellbeing of Women, which shows that ICP (intrahepatic... Posted 11 December 2013
Daily Mail: Improving Bereavement Care Sands featured in an article about bereaved parents and founders of Abigail’s Footprints, a charity that aims to improve bereavement... Posted 8 December 2013
Daily Mail: Bel Mooney's Letters The Daily Mail's Bel Mooney, one of the fouders of Sands, mentions the services the charity offers in a letter... Posted 7 December 2013
Midwives: Liver disease link to stillbirth says study A new study funded by the Sands and managed by Wellbeing of Women, shows that intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP)... Posted 6 December 2013
Sands supporters impact NHS England customer service survey NHS England commissioned Sands to carry out a short survey among bereaved parents, about the Friends and Family Test (FFT)... Posted 5 December 2013
Caring for babies after they have died In September, we were lucky enough to secure Lydia Judge-Kronis, Senior Mortuary Manager at Great Ormond Street Hospital, to speak... Posted 5 December 2013
National group in N Ireland will work to cut deaths Good news in Northern Ireland, where the new Northern Ireland Maternal and Infant Loss (NIMI) steering group is taking a... Posted 5 December 2013
The News Portsmouth: Local group invited to Number 10 Karren Whitren, Chairwoman of the Portsmouth Sands, was invited to a special reception at Number 10. Posted 28 November 2013