The government has confirmed the full introduction of the statutory medical examiner system in England will now commence from April 2024, a delay of twelve months from the original implementation date of April 2023. In her statement to Parliament, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Maria Caulfield added: “The changes will put all of the medical…
New policy report recommends all children in England should receive grief education at school As part of an ongoing collaboration between the University of Bristol, Child Bereavement UK and Childhood Bereavement Network, a new policy report has been published which demonstrates the need to integrate grief education into the statutory curriculum in England, consolidating decades…
Recognition for Bereavement in Education campaign NAFD Past-President John Adams has been appointed Funeral Industry Advisor to Child Bereavement UK, in recognition of the work he is doing to support grieving children through his Bereavement in Education campaign. Child Bereavement UK, which was John’s chosen charity for his presidential year, helps families to rebuild their…
The choice to register deaths remotely in England and Wales was universally agreed to have been one of the positive outcomes of the Coronavirus Act 2020 and were something that the funeral profession, Government and consumers all expressed a desire to protect. However, despite an attempt by Government to secure their long-term retention, through a…
The NAFD’s campaign to add proactive teaching about loss and bereavement in schools, led by NAFD President John Adams, took another huge step forward in March when the Government responded to the now 11,000-signature strong petition confirming that the Department for Education will “will assess whether content on bereavement is needed” when it reviews statutory…
Bereavement Benefits in the UK are expected to soon change to ensure co-habiting parents of dependent children who are not married or in a civil partnership are entitled to the same support as those who are married, if one of them should die. In addition, some bereaved people will be eligible for backdated payments if…
