Bereavement Counselling: Coronavirus

(asked on 20th April 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will implement a national bereavement support line to provide counselling and support for families during the covid-19 outbreak.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 4th May 2020

The Government has no plans at present to create a national bereavement support line but we are taking a cross-Government approach to address bereavement support, and what is needed to ensure that families and friends of those deceased get the support they need.

A number of charities and voluntary organisations provide a range of valued services for people experiencing bereavement.

Cruse Bereavement Care provides a national helpline. For National Health Service staff, a confidential bereavement support line and other sources of support are available at the following link:

https://people.nhs.uk/help/

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