Online training for professionals | 1 day | Introductory training

This one-day online training course will give medical professionals the understanding, skills and confidence in supporting families when a child is not expected to live and when a child dies.

The study day aims at improving communication skills with parents and children in complex and difficult situations and help medical professionals in support and look after themselves in situations of child bereavement.

When can I attend?

This training will be running on the following date:

  • Friday 26 February 2027, 9.30am - 4.30pm

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If you’d like us to deliver this training for a group or organisation, please email [email protected].

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Who is this training for?

This training is suitable for medical professionals whose work brings them into contact with grieving families, for example: doctors, nurses and palliative care workers.

What will I learn?

During this training, you will:

  • Increase confidence in approaching a situation where a medical professional has to talk to parents and/or children from diagnosis of a life limiting illness.

  • Gain an understanding of the communication skills needed to support bereaved parents and children when a child is dying and when a child has died.

  • Look at some processes and the impact on families (such as inquest, CDR, the role of the ME and Key Worker).

  • Identify where families can access support and information.

  • Brush up on strategies on supporting yourself and your colleagues.

  • Receive information about Child Bereavement UK and other support organisations, and resources available.

Booking details

£150 per person.

Please ensure cookies are enabled to use the booking form above, or alternatively book here.

Please email to let us know about any accessibility requirements or adaptations you require to attend our training.

If you’d like us to deliver this training for a group or organisation, please email [email protected]. 

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Before booking on any training, please read our training terms and conditions. We encourage prospective participants to consider their own experience of loss and how it might affect them during training. Our training may not be suited to someone who has experienced a recent bereavement.

If you would like to know more about training from Child Bereavement UK for education providers, please email [email protected].