BRIS-21
Response
Historic
AI-assessed
Require every trust to provide a professional bereavement service and online information
Recommendation
Every trust should have a professional bereavement service. (We also reiterate what was recommended in the Inquiry’s Interim Report: ‘Recommendation 13: As hospitals develop websites, a domain should be created concerned with bereavement in which all the relevant information concerning post-mortems can be set out in an appropriate manner.’)
Published Evidence Summary
The following publicly available evidence relates to this recommendation:
No specific published evidence detailing the establishment of professional bereavement services in every hospital trust or the creation of a dedicated website domain for bereavement information, including post-mortems, has been identified in the provided official sources. The most recent evidence would be over 20 years old, given the likely age of the inquiry.
How was this assessed?
Assessed by gemini-2.5-flash on 18 Mar 2026
Checked data held on this site (government responses, progress updates, independent evidence)
External sources searched: www.gov.uk, www.legislation.gov.uk, hansard.parliament.uk
This recommendation requires implementation across many organisations. The assessment reflects central policy response, not adoption in individual organisations.
Jurisdiction
UK-wide
Response
Historic
Response
HistoricNo government response recorded.
Themes & Tags
Recommendation age
24.7 yrs
Last formal update
No formal updates