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NHS England developing stillbirth ‘package’ to help units reduce deaths

After years of campaigning, Sands is delighted to see the NHS in England recognising the need to reduce the number...

Posted 16 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2014

CRUIZIN 4 Sands to co-host CARnival Show!

CRUIZIN 4 Sands, a group of fundraisers that work tirelessly to raise money for Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death...

Posted 9 ਸਤੰਬਰ 2014

Portsmouth Sands to host Winter Ball to raise funds for baby memorial garden

With over 17 babies stillborn or dying shortly after birth every day in the UK, Portsmouth Sands (the stillbirth &...

Posted 8 ਅਗਸਤ 2014

Sands hosts first workshop for professionals for individual bookings – London 8th December – only a few places left!

Our first workshop available for individual healthcare professionals to access still has a few places left so book now.

Posted 4 ਅਗਸਤ 2014

Hull and East Yorkshire Sands attends Hull Midwifery Society Study Day

Fiona Johnson, Sands befriender and committee member of Hull and East Yorkshire Sands, recently represented Sands at a local student...

Posted 1 ਅਗਸਤ 2014

Sands Group bereavement care training workshops are a huge success

Durham and Wearside Sands recently organised three highly successful Sands one-day training workshops in County Durham. The workshops were attended...

Posted 1 ਅਗਸਤ 2014

Stillbirth Priority Setting Partnership

More than 1,000 research questions have been submitted to the Stillbirth Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) in response to the call...

Posted 1 ਅਗਸਤ 2014

Tackling the low awareness of stillbirth

Sands has been working with Tommy’s, Count the Kicks, representatives from the Royal Colleges of Midwives, and Obstetricians and Gynaecologists...

Posted 1 ਅਗਸਤ 2014

Listening to Parents survey: findings and impact

Listening to Parents, an in-depth survey of women’s and their partners’ experiences of care when their baby was stillborn or...

Posted 31 ਜੁਲਾਈ 2014

Daily Mail: Columnist Bel Mooney - Love and mourning never end

Bel Mooney references t he Sands Garden at the National Memorial Arboretum in her Daily Mail column, after she visited...

Posted 29 ਜੁਲਾਈ 2014

Daily Mail: One woman reveals the silent agony of being granny of a stillborn baby

Here, with unflinching honesty, one woman reveals the silent agony of being a grandmother of a stillborn baby.

Posted 20 ਜੁਲਾਈ 2014

The Scotsman: Scots take lead in campaign to cut stillbirths

The Scotsman ran a piece on the AFFIRM study, that Sands part funds. This study asks if promoting awareness of...

Posted 14 ਜੁਲਾਈ 2014

MSN Wellbeing: 'My baby son died - but he'll always be part of our family'

Our Bereavement Support Services Manager, Erica Stewart, shared her personal story with MSN Wellbeing for a piece on the death...

Posted 7 ਜੁਲਾਈ 2014

Essential update to the Sands Audit Tool for maternity services: Caring for parents whose baby has died

The popular Sands Audit Tool for maternity services: Caring for parents whose baby has died (2012) helps those responsible for...

Posted 23 ਜੂਨ 2014

Sands responds to Scottish Commission on Infant Cremations and the Edinburgh Council Mortonhall Enquiry

Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, responds to Scottish Commission on Infant Cremations, and the Edinburgh Council Mortonhall Enquiry...

Posted 17 ਜੂਨ 2014