Sands CEO awarded an MBE Clea Harmer, Sands Chief Executive, was awarded an MBE in the 2022 Birthday Honours List for her services to baby... Posted 5 ਜੂਨ 2022
Five X More report shines light on Black women's maternity experiences Today Five X More has published its Black Maternity Experience report, a vital step in tackling the stark inequalities in... Posted 23 ਮਈ 2022
New report highlights lack of development in medicines for use during pregnancy Today, Birmingham Health Partners and the University of Birmingham have published their report Healthy Mum, Healthy Baby, Healthy Future, which... Posted 12 ਮਈ 2022
Sands contributes to 'After the Ockenden review' - published in The Lancet Our Chief Executive Clea Harmer has co-authored a comment piece in The Lancet, ' After the Ockenden review: a chance... Posted 10 ਮਈ 2022
Latest provisional figures from ONS show rise in stillbirths in 2021 Provisional figures published last month by the Office for National Statistics show that in 2021, the stillbirth rate in England... Posted 20 ਅਪ੍ਰੈਲ 2022
Ockenden review puts parents’ voices at heart of maternity safety Our response to Donna Ockenden's final report from her review of Maternity Services at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust... Posted 30 ਮਾਰਚ 2022
How Sands can support bereaved Ukrainian refugees We are all deeply shocked and saddened by reports coming out of Ukraine that three people - including a child... Posted 10 ਮਾਰਚ 2022
Enquiry into Asian baby deaths will go ahead As a result of your campaigning, there will now be a confidential enquiry into Asian baby deaths in the UK... Posted 4 ਮਾਰਚ 2022
New maternity care taskforce welcomed by Sands & Tommy's We have welcomed the announcement today by the Department of Health and Social Care of a new Maternity Disparities Taskforce... Posted 23 ਫਰਵਰੀ 2022
Listening to bereaved parents vital in saving babies' lives - BBC Panorama report On 23 February the BBC's Panorama programme examined the maternity care failures at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. Posted 23 ਫਰਵਰੀ 2022
Latest figures from the ONS show we must not be complacent in our commitment to saving babies’ lives Figures published today by the Office for National Statistics have confirmed that in 2020 the stillbirth rate in England was... Posted 17 ਫਰਵਰੀ 2022
New Training and Education microsite for healthcare workers Sands has launched a new Training and Education microsite to help for all professionals with a duty of care to... Posted 31 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2022
Tech security experts Oprema sign up to support Sands The Cardiff-based security technology company Oprema has announced they will be proudly supporting Sands throughout 2022, helping us support bereaved... Posted 19 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2022
Covid-19 linked to complications during pregnancy, study finds A study by researchers at the University of Edinburgh has found that women who have Covid-19 towards the end of... Posted 14 ਜਨਵਰੀ 2022
14 to 13 babies a day - what's behind the change? Sands has gone through data recently released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and we can confirm that in... Posted 16 ਦਸੰਬਰ 2021