Equitable Bereavement Care for All: Improving bereavement services for people from ethnically diverse communities

As the largest qualitative bereavement study of ethnically diverse populations in UK history, this research shows how racism, cultural exclusion, and inequitable access to bereavement services deeply influence bereavement experiences. Participants described encountering discrimination, exclusion, and a lack of culturally-competent support after death. The study calls for anti racist, culturally safe, and equitable community-led models of bereavement care, supported by structural change, greater workforce diversity, and genuine collaboration with affected communities.   

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr Catriona Mayland

University of Sheffield, UK

Dr Catriona Mayland is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sheffield and an Honorary Palliative Medicine Consultant at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Dr Mayland was the co-Chief Investigator on the NIHR ‘Equitable Bereavement Care for All’ study with Dr Sabrina Bajwah. Dr Mayland is now undertaking an NIHR Advanced Fellowship focused on an inclusive evaluation of care at the very end of life.…