The information provided here is intended to help you find out what to expect during this difficult time, as well as providing information about some of the practical arrangements you will need to consider.
Due to the pandemic, some of the usual arrangements may have changed, however, support is still available.
Bereavement Support
Macmillan Information and NHS Bereavement Centre
Coronavirus: Dealing with bereavement and grief – Cruse Bereavement Care
NHSGGC Bereavement Support for Parents, Siblings and Staff
Call: 0141 370 4747
Email: GHsupport@childbereavementuk.org
Child Bereavement UK has been commissioned by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde with funding from Glasgow Children’s Hospital Charity to provide bereavement support for families bereaved of a baby or child, and training to support NHSGGC staff.
Child Bereavement UK is a national charity which supports families and educates professionals when a baby or child dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement.
What can happen when someone is dying
This leaflet will guide you through what to expect and what can happen when someone is at the end of their life.
What can happen when someone is dying (Latest English language version)
Alternative language versions (please note these are the previous version of the booklet)
What can happen when someone is dying (Arabic)
What can happen when someone is dying (Mandarin)
What can happen when someone is dying (Polish)
What can happen when someone is dying (Punjabi)
When Someone Has Died – information for you
When someone close to you dies, you may be unsure what to do. This leaflet will help you understand:
- What you need to do
- How you may feel.
NHSGGC Spiritual Care and the Chaplaincy Service
An NHS Healthcare Chaplain is always on-call and ward staff can arrange for them to be paged.
Other Local and National Services and Resources
Death Certification
Arrangements for Death Certification may have changed due to Covid-19. Local Authority websites should have the latest information from your area.
Disability information Scotland
Can offer advice on installing disability equipment, information on benefits and other services.
EQUIPU
EQUIPU is a service responsible for providing, delivering and installing a range of disability equipment supplied by health and social work services to disabled people living at home.
For further information or to arrange uplift contact:
Telephone. 0141 287 6300
Website: www.equipu.org.uk
Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief
Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief is working to make Scotland a place where there is more openness about death, dying and bereavement so that:
- People are aware of ways to live with death, dying and bereavement
- People feel better equipped to support each other through the difficult times that can come with death, dying and bereavement.
LifeLink
Lifelink offers a range of stress services for adults and young people in communities and schools across Glasgow City.
Living Life
Living Life is a free telephone service available to anyone over the age of 16 who is suffering from low mood, mild to moderate depression and/or anxiety.
NHS Inform
NHS Inform Bereavement area can help you find answers to your questions and guide you through the early days of your bereavement. It can also help you understand more of the experience of loss in the days that lie ahead.
Renfrewshire Bereavement Network
New grief and bereavement service for families in Renfrewshire. Visit the website for more information:
Richmond’s Hope – service to help bereaved children in Glasgow
Other Useful Websites
- ARC – Antenatal Results & Choices
- British Heart Foundation bereavement resources
- Calman Cancer Support Centre (Cancer Support Scotland)
- Child Bereavement UK
- Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS)
- Compassionate friends – Dealing with death of a child
- Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland
- Dying Matters
- Glasgow Association for Mental Health (GAMH)
- Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief
- Maggies Centres Bereavement Support
- Miscarriage Association
- Muslim Bereavement Service
- PETAL – People experiencing Trauma and Loss
- Planning Your Own Funeral leaflet – Scottish Government website
- Procurator Fiscal – Information on Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is published on SAD website
- Richmond’s Hope
- SANDS Stillbirth & Neonatal death charity
- Scottish Cot Death Trust
- SOBS – Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide
- Sudden – Supporting people after sudden death
- The Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (Advice on Tissue donation)
- Find a bereavement counsellor or groups