Bereavement Services

Please accept our sincere condolences if you are visiting this section following the loss of a relative or friend.

Immediate support will be provided by ward staff. Please contact the relevant ward for assistance. However, if you are having problems resolving any issues following a death please contact:

Mrs Josephine Charlton, Bereavement Care Co-ordinator, 0191 445 2647 (direct line)
Email: ghnt.bereavementcare@nhs.net

The hospital has carefully put together a booklet entitled ‘Help for Bereaved Families and Friends’ to support you further at this time.Click here to open or download the Bereavement Booklet.

Religious and spiritual support can be provided by the hospital chaplains. The Queen Elizabeth Hospital also works in partnership with Coping with Cancer to offer a local bereavement drop in service.

Click here to open or download the Blossom leaflet.

Useful links

• Department of Work and Pensions
• Gateshead Council – Registering a Death

Local Support Groups

National Support Groups

• Child Bereavement Charity
• Child Death Helpline 
• Compassionate Friends
• CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young)
• The Lullaby Trust
• INQUEST
• London Friend (formerly Lesbian and Gay Bereavement Project) 
• SAMM (Support after Murder and Manslaughter)
• Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide 
• LTN (The Lone Twin Network)
• SANDS (Stillbirth & Neonatal Death Society)
• The Samaritans
• Winston’s Wishes (Charity for Bereaved Children)