Questionnaire - UK Commission on Bereavement

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Public attitudes, cultural perspectives and engagement

In this section, we are particularly interested in reflections upon the following questions:

- To what degree are public attitudes to grief, bereavement, support and help-seeking a barrier to effective interventions for people affected by bereavement?

- What could help to improve public attitudes to bereavement and the support needs of people who have been bereaved?

- How could employers better support people who have been bereaved?

- How could informal communities (of identity, geography or ethnicity), including neighbourhood groups or faith groups, better support people who have been bereaved?

- How could schools and other organisations better engage with children and young people around issues of grief and loss, and better support those affected by childhood bereavement?

- Should all health and social care staff have training in bereavement awareness and support? If so, what training should be provided?

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Practical Bereavement Support

In this section, we are particularly interested in reflections upon the following questions:

- How could people be better supported to put in place practical plans for death and bereavement?

- How can people be better supported to deal with administrative tasks following bereavement?

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Infrastructure and intervention

In this section, we are particularly interested in reflections upon the following questions:

To what degree is funding for the bereavement support sector sufficient to meet the needs of bereaved people, and sustainable into the future?

What can be done to better assess the support needs of people who have been bereaved?

What can be done to improve access to services – particularly for those groups who are least well served?

How could services be better coordinated to better meet the holistic needs of people affected by bereavement?

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The impact of the pandemic

In this section, we are particularly interested in reflections upon the following questions:

To what degree have new challenges around support for people affected by bereavement emerged as a result of the pandemic, and to what degree has Covid-19 exacerbated existing problems?

To what degree have diverse social groups – including ethnic minority communities, and those living in poverty - been affected differently by issues relating to bereavement, through the course of the pandemic?

Have models of good practice emerged during the pandemic which should be retained and further developed in the future?

What has been the impact of new approaches to technology use in supporting people affected by bereavement through the pandemic?

Is there more that needs to be done to prepare for future mass bereavement events like Covid-19?

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Do you have anything else you would like to tell the Bereavement Commission about how people affected by bereavement could be better supported in the future?

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Public attitudes, cultural perspectives and engagement

Practical Bereavement Support

Infrastructure and intervention

The impact of the pandemic