• 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

Saving babies’ lives 2026

This is the fourth Saving Babies’ Lives Progress report published by the Joint Policy Unit. The report outlines five principles we believe a reformed maternity and neonatal system must be: safe, equitable, family-centred, accountable, and evidence-driven.
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What do NNAP optimal perinatal care measures tell us about variation across neonatal networks in Great Britain?

Our sixth featured chart takes a closer look at the insights on our data hub around NNAP data.
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Closing the Gap: Assessing Variation in Optimal Perinatal Care and the Impact on Preterm Babies

This briefing will examine the evidence behind each optimal perinatal care measure defined by the National Neonatal Audit Programme, analysing levels of adherence to understand why variation exists, and to what extent variation has an impact on overall outcomes.
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