Bereavement Education Conference & Learning Event

Bereavement Education Conference & Learning Event

Bereavement Education Conference 2025 - Bereavement as a Kaleidoscope: An Inclusive Approach for All

Tuesday 11^th November

NES would like to welcome you to the 2025 Bereavement Education Conference which is a free one-day virtual event for health and social care staff.

Plenary and parallel sessions will run throughout the day.

We’re delighted to announce Helen Fielding as a key speaker. She is author of the ‘Bridget Jones Diary’ series, including the recent screen adaptation of ‘Mad About the Boy’ which includes a focus on the title character’s experience of bereavement. We’ll also be hearing from Professor Lucy Easthope (Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath), in her plenary ‘Come What May: Learning from a Life in Disaster’.

Other topics that will be explored include e.g.:

Is Everyone a Loved One? Social Science Explorations of Bereavement
Prolonged Grief Disorder: What Is It, and How Can I Help?
Pre-bereavement Support for Children and Families in Palliative Care
Equitable Bereavement Care for all Ethnicities
Silenced Trauma, Unresolved Loss: Creative Health to Bear Witness to Families of the Missing
Supporting LGBTQ+ people around bereavement
Hospital to Home – a Collaborative Approach to Bereavement Support

Registration is now open. Visit the conference website to find the full programme, parallel session information and registration link.

Virtual Learning Event - Getting Bereavement Right Every Time

Thursday 11^th September

Sign up now to attend this 2-hour learning session which will provide an introduction to grief and bereavement. Knowing how to manage situations around the time of a person’s death, and interactions with those who are bereaved is important so that we can help and support others, whilst also looking after our own wellbeing. But thinking of what to say to someone who is bereaved (e.g. a family member, patient, or colleague) may feel daunting.

This session will help attendees feel more confident in answering questions e.g.:

What should I say to someone who tells me they have recently been bereaved?
Are there particular words I should or shouldn’t use?
What if I say the ‘wrong’ thing?
Is it normal to be upset if someone we know from work dies?

If you have any queries about the November conference or September Learning Event please contact Events@nes.scot.nhs.uk.

Bereavement Education Conference & Learning Event