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Bereavement Summit - Outputs

The Scottish Bereavement Summit took place online on 13th October 2022. The event was a developed by a wide collaborative of organisations involved in bereavement support. The purpose of Summit was to consider ‘what next?’ – how can we move forward together to improve people's of bereavement in Scotland?

Thanks to all organisers, presenters, and delegates who helped make the Bereavement Summit such a success.

Insights from Bereaved People slideshow (includes audio)

Pre-Summit Questionnaire Survey Summary

Presentation Slides: Sally Paul and Nina Vaswani - "Prevalence, Impact and the Need to Take Action".

Presentation Slides: Nina Huszarik on A better route through grief: support for people facing grief across the UK report from Sue Ryder.

Presentation Slides: Rebecca Patterson on Every Story’s Ending report from Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care.

Presentation Slides: Jennifer Somerville - an overview of some of the context and work currently underway in Scotland aiming to improve people’s experiences of bereavement.

Menti survey and results

Discussion Groups Padlet (live)

The full recording of the plenary sessions can be viewed here.

Video timings guide:

  • 00:00 - Mark Hazelwood: Welcome and outline of events.
  • 07:30 - Donna Hastings: Introducing "Insights from Bereaved People" slideshow.
  • 12:20 - Donna Hastings: Presenting "Insights from Delegates" survey summary.
  • 21:00 - Sally Paul and Nina Vaswani: Presenting on "Prevalence, Impact and the Need to Take Action",
  • 40:00 - Five short presentations on recent reports and their recommendations:
  • 41:00 - Donald Macaskill on the Report of the UK Commission on Bereavement.
  • 46:00 - Denisha Killoh on the National Childhood Bereavement Project Report.
  • 52:30 - Claire Donaghy on Grief Encounters: Experiences of Bereavement Support in Later Life, Independent Age.
  • 59:00 - Nina Huszarik on A better route through grief: support for people facing grief across the UK, Sue Ryder.
  • 1:05:00 - Rebecca Patterson on Every Story’s Ending, Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care.
  • 1:10:00 - Jennifer Somerville: Presenting an overview of some of the context and work currently underway in Scotland aiming to improve people’s experiences of bereavement.
  • 1:20:00 - Mark Hazelwood: Presenting the delegate survey summary on "Next Steps" and concluding.

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