This guidance provides a clear description of what should be provided in terms of specialist level palliative care for people with progressive, life-limiting illness who have complex needs, and/or those whose usual care teams require the expert advice, guidance...
This updated toolkit has a range of practical resources to support those involved in commissioning for person centred end of life care. It states that commissioning plans must encompass bereavement and pre-bereavement care, including care for children and young people....
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...
The Bereavement Pathway has been jointly developed between Cruse Bereavement Care and the Bereavement Services Association to increase awareness to of services for bereaved people through partnership between the NHS, Voluntary, Community and Faith Sectors. It aims to establish...
This checklist for good practice in child bereavement services covers the areas of safe practice, fair practice, reflective practice and sustainable practice. All Childhood Bereavement Network members endorse these guidelines as a condition of their membership. Published by: Childhood Bereavement Network...
The Bereavement Care Service Standards set out a framework for good practice across bereavement care services. Developed by the Bereavement Services Association and Cruse Bereavement Care, following extensive consultation across the sector, the Standards were published in 2014.
This quality standard covers care for adults (aged 18 and over) who are approaching the end of their life. This includes people who are likely to die within 12 months, people with advanced, progressive, incurable conditions and people with life-threatening...
This guidance describes the essential elements of high quality care and services for people who are bereaved and offers examples of how they may be delivered. It covers the days before an individual’s death, the time of death, and...
The End of Life Care Strategy sets out a vision of high quality care for all adults at the end of life. Chapter 5 focuses on support for carers and families.
