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...
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 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...
This guideline covers the planning and management of end of life and palliative care in for infants, children and young people (aged 0–17 years) with life-limiting conditions. It aims to involve children, young people and their families in decisions...
This is a toolkit to help suicide bereavement services plan an evaluation using a 12 step approach. It has been developed by the McPin Foundation in consultation with people working in suicide and other bereavement support services, evaluation experts...
This toolkit is for those considering developing, or already delivering support after a suicide, known as postvention support. The steps and processes in the guidance have been drawn from the practices of existing suicide postvention support services in England,...
This document sets out ways in which organisations can help build capacity in local communities so that “I live in a community where everybody recognises that we all have a role to play in supporting each other in times...
These ambitions set out a national framework for local action 2015-2020. They state that good end of life care includes bereavement and pre-bereavement care, including for those affected by deaths caused by sudden illness or trauma, including suicide. Support should...
This person-centred narrative sets out how good, coordinated – or integrated – care looks to people near the end of life and is written from their point of view. It draws on surveys, the testimonies of bereaved carers, the...