• Sands & Tommy’s Joint Policy Unit

    Together, the charities Sands & Tommy’s have formed a Joint Policy Unit. We are focussed on achieving policy change that will save more babies’ lives during pregnancy and the neonatal period and on tackling inequalities in loss, so that everyone can benefit from the best possible outcomes.

Our Mission

Our mission is to secure policy change that will reduce rates of miscarriage, stillbirth, pre-term birth and neonatal death, and to work to eliminate inequalities in these outcomes.

Latest Developments

Featured Chart: Can we reduce rates of preterm birth?

Our second featured chart takes a closer look at the insights on our data hub around preterm births.
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Not just an option: Interpreting as an essential component of safe maternity and neonatal care

In this insight report, carried out by Sands and Tommy's Maternity Consortium, we examine the systemic issues impacting access to language interpreting provision within maternity and neonatal care.
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Featured Chart: What’s happening with midwife numbers in England?

The first featured chart in this series looks at what is happening with midwife numbers in England.
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