The government’s Loneliness Strategy is published today. The strategy highlights bereavement as a trigger for feelings of loneliness. As part of the strategy, the Prime Minister confirmed all GPs in England will be able to refer patients experiencing loneliness to...
The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill has received Royal Assent and will pass into law. This is a great step forward for grieving parents, who from April 2020 will be entitled to two weeks’ paid leave on the...
The Government has responded to the consultation and set out its intentions to reform death certification. The purpose of the reforms is to improve engagement with bereaved people in the process of death certification and offer them an opportunity to...
This policy brief reviews policy areas associated with death, dying and bereavement within the context of devolution. It focuses on the national and regional delegation of power, resources and authority across the UK and the implications of this for those...
A core group of charities and professional bodies are leading the development of a National Bereavement Care Pathway for pregnancy and baby loss. 11 sites will trial the use of new materials, guidelines and training for professionals to help...
The scheme of payments for bereaved spouses and civil partners changed on 6 April 2017. For the first time, widowed people under 45 without children will receive support. However, the majority of those with children will be worse off,...
Together for Short Lives have revised their Neonatal pathway. The dedicated care pathway starts from the point of recognition that a baby has a life-threatening condition and may not survive for long after birth and through their neonatal period....
This guidance aims to help standardise and improve the way acute, mental health and community Trusts identify, report, review, investigate and learn from deaths, and engage with bereaved families and carers. Published by: National Quality Board
This briefing from the Childhood Bereavement Network outlines the support that should be available in each area for bereaved children and young people and those caring for them. Published by: Childhood Bereavement Network
This toolkit is designed to support employers in their response to the suicide of an employee, at work or outside the workplace. For this reason, this toolkit refers to ‘suicide’ rather than ‘suspected suicide’. This toolkit provides advice when...