Bereavement – NHSGGC Services and Resources
For additional bereavement information and the latest advice relating to Covid-19 please check updates on
Macmillan Information and NHS Bereavement Centre
The Macmillan Information and NHS Bereavement Centre is a new service based at Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
Further Information and access this service
Coronavirus: dealing with bereavement and grief – Cruse Bereavement Care
NHSGGC Bereavement Support for Parents, Siblings and Staff
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.
Contact NHSGGC Service
Telephone. 0141 370 4747
Email. GHsupport@childbereavementuk.org
Bereavement Support for Parents, Siblings and Staff – Leaflet
Renfrewshire Bereavement Network
New grief and bereavement service for families in Renfrewshire.
http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/renfbn
What Can Happen When Someone is Dying
This leaflet provides information to family and friends when someone is dying. It discusses food and fluids, medicines, breathing, communication and other changes.
View or download this booklet at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Public Health Resources Directory
When Someone Has Died – information for you
The NHSGGC Booklet ‘When Someone Has Died, Information and Support for Relatives & Friends’ has been replaced by the new National Booklet ‘When someone has died – information for you’.
View or download this booklet at NHS Inform
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.
Further Information and access this service
Other Local and National Services and Resources
Richmond’s Hope – service to help bereaved children in Glasgow
http://www.richmondshope.org.uk/
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.’
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
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