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Support in Bereavement

In 2018/19 the NHS England (London Region) End of Life Care
Clinical Network undertook a project focusing on the provision Open Forum
and availability of informa on to support bereaved Londoners.
The findings showed there to be a lot of informa on and Understanding
services available to bereaved people, but that access to this is
not universal. This can result in people not receiving relevant Your Medicines:
informa on and support. What, Why, How

The support available includes:

• When someone in the UK dies, informa on about what with Paresh Virji
needs to happen next can be found at: www.gov.uk/a er-a- Barnabas’s Clinical
death and h!ps://www.gov.uk/when-someone-dies Pharmacist

• If you are bereaved and would like to speak with someone,
you can call Cruse Bereavement Care free on 0808 808 1677 Wed 12 June
or visit www.cruse.org.uk
1300hrs
• Child Bereavement UK offers support for families and
professionals when a child dies or when a child grieves. St Barnabas
Their na onal helpline is 0800 028 8840 or online at Church Hall
www.ataloss.org
• Independent Age has informa on & advice on a range of All welcome.
subjects; call them on Tea/coffee provided.
0800 319 6788 or visit www.independentage.org/ Bring your sandwiches
informa"on/personal-life/when-someone-dies
if you wish.
• Marie Curie has informa on on a range of issues including
prac cal, legal and financial; phone 0800 090 2903 or online
at www.mariecurie.org.uk/help/support/supportdirectory/
bere

Theresa Fitzgerald Re rement Discover

Deputy Prac ce Manager, Theresa Fitzgerald, re red in June Discover is a register of adults
a!er well over 30 years at the Prac ce, during which me she living in NW London who are
contributed so much to the Prac ce and made many friends interested in health research and
amongst us. Theresa’s cheerful pragma sm and common want to find out more about
sense will be greatly missed, and we wish her a long, very health research opportuni es.
happy and well-deserved re rement. These may range from answering
surveys or having a blood test, to
Dr Sonja Jey tes ng innova ve medical
devices or phone apps, and even
It will bring our pa ents great sadness to know that Dr Jey will par cipa ng in clinical trials. If
be leaving us at start of September a!er 4 years. The prac ce you are interested you can find
team and all her pa ents I am sure will wish her every success out more, and sign up, at h!ps://
in her new endeavours. www.registerfordiscover.org.uk/.
Source: Imperial College Health
Partners

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