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Bereavement services
Losing someone close to you can be a very difficult and emotional time. We understand that you may have questions about what happens next and what arrangements need to be made.
Our Bereavement Services teams are here to offer practical advice, guidance and support following the death of a loved one.
This page provides information about what to do when someone dies in hospital, including registering a death, arranging a funeral and accessing bereavement support.
Bereavement services at Epsom Hospital
Information about the steps to take following a death at Epsom Hospital, including contacting the Bereavement Office, registering a death and making funeral arrangements.
View the Epsom Hospital Bereavement booklet
Bereavement services at Epsom Hospital
Bereavement services at St Helier Hospital
Information about the steps to take following a death at St Helier Hospital, including contacting the Bereavement Office, registering a death and making funeral arrangements.
View the St Helier Hospital Bereavement Booklet
Bereavement services at St Helier Hospital
Bereavement Survey
To help improve the care in our service we value your feedback. If you feel ready to share your experience, please complete our bereavement survey using weblink below.
Help and advice following a bereavement
We understand that losing someone close to you can be an extremely difficult time. Alongside coping with your loss, there may be practical arrangements to make and questions about what happens next.
This following page provides helpful information and guidance on the steps you may need to take.
Help and advice following a bereavement
Bereavement support and useful links
The organisations listed below offer emotional support, counselling and practical advice to people who have lost someone close to them.
CRUSE
Bereavement helpline: 0808 808 1677
www.cruse.org.uk
Private counselling services
Names and addresses of private counselling services or individual counsellors can be found in public libraries, your local Citizen Advice Bureau or by contacting:
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy 15 St John’s Business Park, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, LE17 4HB
Telephone: 01455 883300
Email: bacp@bacp.co.uk
www.bacp.co.uk
Religious and cultural groups
Care for bereaved people is also offered by local religious or cultural communities. Help can be obtained by contacting the bereaved person’s local church, minister, religious or cultural representatives.
Road Peace
3rd Floor, 3Space International House 6 Canterbury Crescent, Brixton, London SW9 7QD
Telephone: 0845 1601069
Support for those bereaved or injured as a result of a road crash.
Samaritans Central Office
The Upper Mill, Kingston Road, Ewell KT17 2AF Tel:020 8934 8300 Email:admin@samaritans.org Offers emotional support, befriending and a sympathetic ear for lonely, suicidal or despairing people of all ages.
Helpline: 116 123
Terrence Higgins Trust
439 Caledonian Road, London N7 9BG
Helpline: 0808 802 1221
Offers individual bereavement counselling for anyone bereaved by HIV or AIDS.
The Compassionate Friends
Kilburn Grange, Priory Park Road, London NW6 7UJ
Helpline: 0345 123 2304
The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is the UK’s only national charity providing peer support to bereaved parents, adult siblings and grandparents who have experienced the death of a child, sibling or grandchild.
The Good Grief Trust
The Silver Line
A free confidential telephone service run by Age UK offering conversation, friendship and support to older people aged 55 and over.
Helpline: 0800 4 70 80 90
Support for the over 55’s
National Bereavement Alliance
www.nationalbereavementalliance.org.uk – search for Grief Support Guide
Please note: The inclusion of any organisation in the above list should in no way be taken as a recommendation or endorsement of that organisation by Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.
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