Transcript Bereavement Care in NHS Lanarkshire

Bereavement Care in NHS
Lanarkshire
Noreen Kent
Associate Director of Nursing
Bereavement Care in NHS
Lanarkshire
• Shaping Bereavement Care – a framework for
action (Scottish Government 2010)
• August 2012 – Bereavement Co-ordinator
responsibility changed
• September 2012 – NHS Lanarkshire
Bereavement Care Steering Group reestablished
• Shaping Bereavement Care Action Plan agreed
December 2012
Bereavement Care in NHS Lanarkshire
Achievements to date
• Care of the dying, the deceased and the
bereaved policy developed
• Scoping of Educational resources available to
support staff – advisory, core, core specialist,
additional and study days/sessions & webbased resources
• Spiritual Care referral and assessment
documentation developed
Bereavement Care in NHS Lanarkshire
Achievements to date
• Maternity specific documentation and website
developed
• ‘Addressing the great taboo’ evaluation
completed
• The family’s perspective – listening to and
learning from the experiences of bereaved
families research
Bereavement Care in NHS Lanarkshire
Achievements to date
• Medical Certification of Cause of Death
(MCCD) implementation group established
• Bereavement Care Website developed
• Bid for endowment funding to run a local
bereavement care event submitted
• Multidisciplinary Bereavement Care Event
planned for 14th January 2015