Bereavement and end of life support for the people you serve
For NHS bodies, local authorities, employers, hospices and care providers. Life and Loss is designed to give patients, residents and staff practical guidance and personal support, before, during and after a death.
Who Life and Loss is designed for
NHS trusts and integrated care boards
Support for families after a death in hospital, and for patients approaching the end of life.
Local authorities
Help for residents with arrangements, costs and the practical steps after a death.
Employers
A benefit for staff and their families when someone close to them is dying or has died.
Hospices and care providers
Practical support alongside your own care, for the people and families you look after.
What the people you serve would receive
- Practical guidance on what needs to happen, and when.
- Independent information about choices and costs.
- Personal support from our team, reached through a referral link or details you provide.
Everyone can also use our public guides and resources, whether or not their organisation takes part.
Our pilot experience
The bereavement support service model developed by the team behind Funeral Experts was piloted with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Liverpool City Council, and independently evaluated by Anglia Ruskin University.
How commissioning works
- Step 1Talk to usTell us about the people you would like to support.
- Step 2Agree the arrangementWe agree who is eligible and how the service will run.
- Step 3Refer the people you serveYou give eligible people a referral link or access information.
Find out what Life and Loss could do for your organisation
Tell us about your organisation and the people you would like to support.