What the service does
Who provides the service
Useful contacts
Northern Ireland End of Life Care in Hospital: Experience Survey
Belfast Trust is participating in a regional Experience Survey which aims to gather the thoughts of family members and those close to the deceased person, about the care provided to them during their final admission to hospital.
If you have lost someone close to you in hospital, between 1st May and 31st August 2021, you may be contacted by a member of the Belfast Trust’s Bereavement Team, by telephone, and asked if you would like to participate in the Experience Survey.
If you decide to take part, you will be sent a copy of the Experience Survey by post to complete and return to the Public Health Agency.
You will also receive a web link should you prefer to complete the Survey online.
The Public Health Agency will analyse the responses and share their feedback with us. Please be assured that the information you provide in the Experience Survey will remain confidential and anonymous.
Your responses are highly valued, particularly as we emerge from the coronavirus pandemic. They will help to ensure the best possible care can be delivered to people at the end of life and to those close to them.
What the service does
The period following the death of a relative or friend can be difficult and painful. We want to support families through this time. We offer help and advice to assist with the immediate and long-term effects of grief. We also offer some practical help.
A number of booklets have been developed to support you following a personal bereavement.
Bereavement support booklets
Dealing with sudden death in adulthood
Dealing with sudden death: helping children and adolescents
Dealing with sudden death: common grief reactions
Dealing with sudden death: information for young people
Dealing with traumatic bereavement
When someone close to you dies: practical information, guidance and support
When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children
When someone dies: Information, guidance and support for family and friends
Children’s services bereavement booklets
A guide for parents following the death of a child: grief and bereavement
A guide for parents following the death of a child: practical information
In loving memory of a special child
Book of remembrance and remembrance service
Booklets in other languages
When someone close to you dies: practical information, guidance and support – Arabic
When someone close to you dies: practical information, guidance and support – Hungarian
When someone close to you dies: practical information, guidance and support – Lithuanian
When someone close to you dies: practical information, guidance and support – Mandarin
When someone close to you dies: practical information, guidance and support – Polish
When someone close to you dies: practical information, guidance and support – Portuguese
When someone close to you dies: practical information, guidance and support – Romanian
When someone close to you dies: practical information, guidance and support – Slovak
When someone close to you dies: practical information, guidance and support – Somali
When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children – Arabic
When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children – Cantonese
When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children – Hungarian
When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children – Lithuanian
When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children – Mandarin
When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children – Polish
When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children – Portuguese
When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children – Romanian
When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children – Slovakian
When someone close to you dies: a guide for talking with and supporting children – Somalian
Who provides the service
Our Bereavement Coordinator works with staff throughout the Trust to promote quality end of life and bereavement care. If you would like to share information that would help with this, please contact Bereavement Coordinator, Tracey Ashfield or Deputy Bereavement Coordinator Sarah Hawkins.
The Bereavement Team phone number 028 9615 0222.
Remembrance services
Remembrance services are held each year for the parents of children and babies who have died in the Children’s Hospital and our maternity facilities.
Useful contacts
- Sands (stillbirths and neo-natal death) NI helpline: 077 4099 3450
- CRUSE Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677
- Barnardo’s Child Bereavement Service: 028 9066 8333
- Samaritans: 116 123 free from any phone
- Compassionate Friends (child loss self-support group): 028 8778 8016
- WAVE Trauma Centre: 028 9077 9922
- Family Trauma Centre (sudden death involving children): 028 9020 4700