Rethinking grief in primary care - how to deliver effective bereavement care

Podcast: Talking General Practice · GPonline.com

Opublikowano: 2026-09-25

This week Emma talks to Dr Lynsey Bennett, a GP in Oxford, about the educational resource she has co-developed to help primary care teams better understand grief and deliver effective bereavement care. Lindsay explains the simple, three-part consultation framework designed to help clinicians navigate conversations about loss within standard short appointments. She explains why outdated linear models of grief can be unhelpful, how to support patients without trying to 'fix' their pain, and simple changes practices can make to better support bereaved patients. She also covers how to spot signs of complex grief...