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Sarah's Story

Please be aware Sarah has chosen to share a photo of her daughter Bernadette, her handprints and her memory box with her story. 

I was a happy and content pregnant woman until I attended my gender scan, which was when I was just under 21 weeks. I was told that my daughter Bernadette had stopped growing, there was subsequently no he...


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Sands e-learning available to all NHS staff via the NHS Learning Hub

From today, all NHS staff can access Sands e-learning to support them with providing compassionate care to bereaved parents.  

This new training is for anyone who may encounter bereaved families, such as call handlers, receptionists, gynaecology and emergency department staff, theatre ...


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Rachel's Story

Please be aware Rachel has chosen to share photos of baby Cian with her story. 

Saturday 8th July 2023 - the day our world was turned upside down and what followed would be the worst week of our lives.

I had what some people would say was a relatively easy pregnancy. No sickness, no pains, no bleeding; other than a little t...


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Jayesh's Story


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Sophie's Story

As an 8 year old child, my baby brother died when he was three weeks’ old from Pulmonary Atresia. We didn’t know he was poorly until he was struggling to breathe in my mum’s arms and got rushed to hospital by our local doctor where they couldn’t save him. He was born at home, and I remember so clearly holding him in a brown towel when he was only a few minute...


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