This week Emma talks to Dr Lynsey Bennett, a GP in Oxford, about the educational resource she has co-developed to help primary care teams better understand grief and deliver effective bereavement care.

Lindsay explains the simple, three-part consultation framework designed to help clinicians navigate conversations about loss within standard short appointments. She explains why outdated linear models of grief can be unhelpful, how to support patients without trying to 'fix' their pain, and simple changes practices can make to better support bereaved patients.

She also covers how to spot signs of complex grief that require specialist psychological input, how practices can protect staff wellbeing, and why bereavement care needs higher priority across NHS training and policy.

This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.

Useful links

• A primary care approach to bereavement | British Journal of General Practice
• A compassionate bereavement response - Poster for clinical and waiting rooms
• National Grief Awareness Week - Resources for running an awareness campaign
• Explaining grief - This is a resource compiled by GPs in London, and includes a poster summary of the consultation model
• Grief and Bereavement in Primary Care - Good Grief - A short course for anyone who works in primary care. Broken down into seven one-hour webinars and available on demand for six months from the time you subscribe. Could be listened to as a podcast if downloaded.
• Good Grief – an online community which hosts events and courses that bring people together to gain insight and knowledge, hear stories they can relate to, and find support and healing as part of the Good Grief community.
• The Bristol Centre for Grief Research and Engagement - Mentioned in the interview

The Pharmacists’ Summit - from MIMS Healthcare Network

Two evenings of online learning on 30 November and 1 December for pharmacists working in primary care. For more information and to register for your free place visit:

https://www.mimshealthcarenetwork.co.uk/mims-learning-live-digital-the-pharmacists-summit

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