New course launched to address gaps in bereavement training for primary care practitioners

‘Grief and Bereavement in Primary Care’ is a new online course for GPs and primary care practitioners. The course features world-leading experts including Professor Mary-Frances O’Connor, Julia Samuel MBE, Andy Langford (Clinical Director at Cruse Bereavement Support) and Dr Catherine Millington-Sanders (RCGP and Marie Curie National End of Life Care Clinical Lead).

At Good Grief Festival, we know that supporting bereaved people can be one of the most challenging aspects of primary care.

That’s why we have created an evidence-based course, Grief and Bereavement in Primary Care, which is specifically designed to address gaps in bereavement support training for GPs and primary care practitioners. It will deliver essential knowledge, practical skills, and evidence-based tips for recognising and responding to the emotional and physical impacts of bereavement.

The course starts on 28th January and runs until 11th March, with seven expert-led webinars and dedicated training resources, available on demand, and tailored to the demands of busy diaries and appointment schedules.

The programme was developed in collaboration with leading grief experts, practicing GPs and GP trainers, including our brilliant course facilitators Dr Sheena Sharma and Dr Lynsey Bennett.

Find out more by watching our short video below with Professor Lucy Selman, Dr Sheena Sharma and Dr Lynsey Bennett.

As Lucy, Sheena and Lynsey explain, course participants will hear from leading bereavement experts: neuroscientist and psychologist Professor Mary-Frances O’Connor (author of The Grieving Body and The Grieving Brain), psychotherapist Julia Samuel MBE (bestselling author of Grief Works and Every Family Has a Story), Andy Langford (Clinical Director at Cruse Bereavement Support), Dr Catherine Millington-Sanders (RCGP and Marie Curie National End of Life Care Clinical Lead) and Lynne Innes RN (Nurse, Healthcare Chaplain and Bereavement Educator at NHS Education for Scotland).

Grief and Bereavement in Primary Care will equip clinicians with the skills and knowledge to navigate complex conversations about grief, death and the end of life, with an emphasis on real-world strategies that can be integrated into primary care settings. It will cover the mental and physical effects of bereavement (including in complex circumstances such as when a child dies, or death by suicide), issues of equity and identity, and ways to support patients with disenfranchised grief, anticipatory grief and Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD). Course participants will also gain insights into their own self-care, as many healthcare professionals are personally impacted by grief and bereavement.

‘Grief and Bereavement in Primary Care course’ has been approved by the Federation of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom for 4 category 1 (external) CPD credit(s).

Registration is open now.

To find out more and to register please click here

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