Life After Death: Six steps to improve support in bereavement
Published on: 01 January 2014
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Working with the National Council for Palliative Care and the Dying Matters Coalition, the National Bereavement Alliance members have identified six crucial steps to address bereavement as a major public policy issue.
The National Bereavement Alliance has a vision that all people have awareness of and access to support and services throughout their bereavement experience. Working with the National Council for Palliative Care and the Dying Matters Coalition, its members have identified six crucial steps to address bereavement as a major public policy issue.
These steps could bring great benefits to individuals and to society as a whole: reducing the use of acute health and social care services, lessening the number of days lost to the economy, and improving the wellbeing of those facing such a significant change in their lives.
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This report was written by Alison Penny, Project Coordinator for the National Bereavement Alliance and Coordinator of the Childhood Bereavement Network, with support from National Bereavement Alliance members, Simon Chapman, Director of Policy and Parliamentary Affairs and Joe Levenson, Director of Communications, NCPC and Dying Matters.
