For general advice about bereavement you might find the NHS choices article on bereavement useful.
Refer to NHS Inform for practical advice after a death.
Other Services
There are also several organisations and charities that provide specialist advice and support to those that have been bereaved:
- Cruse Scotland — a charity, staffed by volunteers, to give bereavement support to people throughout Scotland.
- Sands (stillbirth and neonatal death charity)
- The Compassionate Friends
- Child Bereavement UK
- Winston’s Wish (for bereaved children)