The Royal College publishes guidance on fetal movements The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has published guidance on what health professionals should do if a mother... Posted 3 March 2011
Sands responds to Health Select Committee Inquiry into Complaints and Litigation The Health Committee is a cross-party body, appointed by the House of Commons to examine the policy, administration and expenditure... Posted 1 March 2011
Sands involved in new research team to understand why mothers and babies die. Sands, will give the parent perspective to a new national health programme focusing on preventing deaths and improving outcomes for... Posted 17 January 2011
Sands publishes new leaflet to help employers support bereaved parents on their return to work Posted 1 January 2011
West London Sands Launch fundraising appeal A campaign to raise £25,000 for a bereavement suite at the West Middlesex University Hospital is well underway, thanks to... Posted 23 December 2010
Footprints Issue 3 Now Available Sands national newsletter containing a wide range of news and articles on Sands, including a section dedicated to the personal... Posted 23 December 2010
Our response to The Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) report Maternal obesity in the UK: Findings from a national project after its three-year UK-wide national enquiry into Obesity in Pregnancy. Posted 7 December 2010
Get involved in Research Research centres in the UK sometimes ask if parents with experience of stillbirth are prepared to share aspects of their... Posted 29 November 2010
Bereaved parents may not be taking up the opportunity to find out why their baby died due to the UK’s severely overstretched perinatal pathology services. We fear that overstretched perinatal pathology services in the UK may mean thousands of bereaved parents are not taking up... Posted 3 November 2010
Our responses to the NHS White Paper consultations The NHS White Paper, Equity and excellence: Liberating the NHS, sets out the Government's long-term vision for the future of... Posted 6 October 2010
Can you help us by lobbying your local MP? We are stepping up our campaigning efforts and need you to join the Sands Campaigning Voices group – a new... Posted 28 September 2010
"Seventeen": a request for photos for a new exhibition My wife and I lost our baby boy, Alexander, at birth just over three years ago now. The reaction from... Posted 2 September 2010
Our response to the CMACE Perinatal Mortality Report, 2008 While we welcome the reported decrease in perinatal mortality for 2008, there is no room for complacency about stillbirths and... Posted 21 July 2010
An alarming new study in the British Medical Journal concludes that babies are at a higher risk of dying soon after delivery if they are born outside normal working hours. An alarming new study in the British Medical Journal concludes that babies are at a higher risk of dying soon... Posted 16 July 2010