Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 84836

Bereavement Counselling: Training

Tabled: 23 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Helen Maguire

Liberal DemocratEpsom and Ewell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making the National Bereavement Care Pathway training mandatory for all healthcare professionals that come into contact with famil

Answer

Karin Smyth
All trusts in England are signed up to the National Bereavement Care Pathway, with the aim to ensure that all bereaved parents are offered equal, high quality, individualised, safe, and sensitive care.Training is the responsibility of individual trusts, o...

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