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Latest advice for funeral professionals – SAIF and NAFD updates
Funeral associations are receiving regular updates from Government with guidelines for the current pandemic. We will look to include the latest here whenever there is new information. The latest update includes new Public Health England guidelines for handling COVID-19 deceased, push to speed up social fund funeral payment decisions, PPE availability, the new DMAG website, Northern Ireland funeral director virus testing and media coverage of the current pandemic ...
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Central England Co-op announces new measures to keep colleagues and families safe
Central England Co-op Funeralcare has announced a range of new measures to keep colleagues and families safe as they help people prepare to say goodbye to their loved ones.
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Funeral directors are being treated like ‘forgotten emergency service’
Funeral directors say they have been treated like the “forgotten emergency service”, with a lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) leaving them ill-prepared to safely handle an increase in deaths from coronavirus.
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Funeral directors oppose any ban on funeral services
A ban on funeral services would cause untold misery for bereaved families and do little to prevent the spread of coronavirus, say funeral directors.
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Mourners limited to immediate family only
A group of seven organisations representing the funeral, burial and cremation sector has issued joint guidance on the number of mourners attending funerals following the Government’s announcement on limiting attendance to immediate family only.
Business
Company offers deep cleaning expertise
An innovative company is pulling out all the stops to come to the aid of the NHS in its hour of need, as medics throughout the country battle the coronavirus outbreak.
Business
Two-stage funerals could meet national and individual needs
As representatives of the funeral sector met regularly with UK Government ministers over the last few weeks, Pure Cremation says a new style of funeral in which a commemoration is held at a later date could serve as a useful blueprint for the nation in order to achieve socially-responsible farewells in the current crisis.
People
Discussing death with dementia sufferers
An NHS psychologist in Oldham has developed a creative new tool to support people with dementia and help them talk about death.
