International Bereavement Education Conference 2024 - Bereavement in the modern world: Kindness in the chaos
3 December 2024
Register by: 02 December 2024
Overview
NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is delighted to welcome you to the International Bereavement Education Conference 2024 - Bereavement in the modern world: Kindness in the chaos.
We will host a number of plenary and parallel sessions throughout the day and full details can be found on the programme below.
To view some short clips from our speakers please visit the presentation page below.
A free, one-day virtual event for health and social care staff.
We would encourage you to follow the event and share your thoughts using the hashtag #NESBereavement2024
Additional information
Please note the deadline for submissions has now passed.
Click below to view and download the programme
Download programmeExplore the conference sessions
Click the website link below to find descriptions and short film clips from conference speakers which were recorded ahead of the event.
NES Bereavement Education Annual Conference | Support Around Death
Related documents
- Oh, Now Eye See! Healthcare professional knowledge and attitudes towards eye donation
- Compassion in a Box: The Impact of Bereavement Care Packages
- "Its not counselling, it's conversations & that's usually all that's needed" A Service Evaluation of a Hospital Based, Volunteer Led, Bereavement Comfort Call Service
- A Trauma Informed Approach to Creating an Environment for Families Experiencing Perinatal Loss
- 'We can’t play with them, but we can play for them.’ Perinatal bereavement support for fathers’
- Bereaved NI – A new innovative website for Northern Ireland
- A qualitative study to explore the experience of sibling bereavements among Hindus - PhD Research in Progress
- ‘I’ll Just Put The Kettle On’ – Establishing a Bereavement Café
- The Snowdrop Team - The Creation of the Perinatal Bereavement Team at St Michael’s Hospital
- Bereavement Link Nurse (Bereavement Champions) Project
- Piloting a Bereavement Charter Mark for Primary Schools in Scotland
- An Educational Initiative to Support Health and Social Care Staff who may Experience the Death of a Colleague
- Creating Culturally Sensitive Social Stories to Holistically Support those Involved in Critical Incidents within Education
- Bereavement Café
- “4 to 6 weeks after the funeral, that’s when you feel most alone” – A review of earlier post-bereavement contact
- Support following the sudden death of a child or young person
- Primary Care Approach to Bereavement
- The Benefits of Keepsake and Memory Boxes in Continuing Bonds
- The process of developing our new bereavement support groups
- Compassionate Support for Bereaved Staff
- Evaluation of a 7-week structured bereavement course for those whose loved one has died following a cancer diagnosis
- Supporting bereaved families and carers through the child death review process in Scotland
For the opening plenary please take a look at these papers from Dr Rachel Gibbons who is presenting ‘The truth about suicide, the impact on staff and what helps’
Someone is to blame: the impact of suicide on the mind of the bereaved (including clinicians)
Eight 'truths' about suicide
Bonus Episode: NES Bereavement Education Conference 2024 - Talking about Bereavement | Podcast on Spotify
In this episode, Lynne Innes talks to members of the NES Bereavement Education Programme - Dr Clare Tucker, Dr Ken Donaldson and Dr Graham Whyte. Each gust shares some insights into the learning and motivation behind organising the NES Bereavement Education Conference.
Please note this podcast deals with issues related to death and bereavement and were created for health and social care staff: caution is advised for those who are not health and social care staff as some may find the themes upsetting.
If this content might disturb you or those around you, please reconsider listening or accessing the podcast transcript below.