Our major survey of bereavement care provided by UK maternity units to parents whose baby dies is published

Our major survey of bereavement care provided by UK maternity units to parents whose baby dies...

Uncertainty and Loss in Maternity and Neonatal Care

Following the first successful joint conference held in 2009, Sands, Bliss and the RCM are holding...

Bereavement Care Network for Practitioners

The RCM (Royal College of Midwives), Sands (the stillbirth and neonatal death charity) and Bliss...

Seeing and holding your baby – Campaign Update June 25th 2010

We are delighted to confirm that following detailed discussions with NICE (National Institute for...

Saying goodbye to your baby

This booklet for parents was first published by Sands in the 1980s. It has now been updated and...

"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...

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...

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...

New leaflet explaining financial benefits for bereaved parents is published

At long last, there is a benefits leaflet written specifically for bereaved parents.

Until now,...

Can you help with an online parent survey?

We are supporting research into post mortem by Dr Alex Heazell, Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics at...