Children and Young People's Specialist Bereavement Service, NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Wakefield District Health and Care Partnership)

An all-age review of bereavement provision recognized a gap in commissioned bereavement support for children and young people. The core bereavement support for a child is their family, friends and the professionals who know them, such as school, these individuals and professionals, it's a life event which is sad and difficult but one which they live through and overcome. Unfortunately for some children and young people this is not the case and this service specification has been developed to provide a Specialist Be...