Bryony Kendall and I were so very proud to win the 2025 GP Award at the RCGP Mersey annual awards last night. Awarded for our work to develop a framework for General Practice to use in the event of the death of a child. @rcgp.bsky.social #rcgpawards

Dr Jon Griffiths and Dr Bryony Kendall holding their Daffodil Standards Award

So proud to have won an RCGP Daffodils Standards Award in the ‘Addressing Inequalities in End of Life’ category. Bryony and I have been awarded this for our work to develop and publish ‘When a child dies - a Framework for General Practice’. @MarieCurieEOLC @rcgp @NHSCandM @RCGPAC #rcgpac

Great to be at #RCGPAC25 in #Newport, #Wales. Looking forward to learning and networking with fellow GPs. Speaking tomorrow on my experience of being a bereaved parent - join me in room 1D at 10.10am for that session.

Morocco MAX – Expedition Medicine with Wilderness Medical Training Expedition Medicine is a growing field. This course in the Atlas Mountains was an excellent training ground.

Excellent Expedition Medicine course/expedition to Mount M’Goun. Read all about it here in my latest blog: drjongriffiths.wordpress.com/2025/10/04/m...
#expeditionmedicine #morocco #atlasmountains #trekking #expedition

Thanks to @pulsetoday.bsky.social and @emmajourno.bsky.social for writing about our new guidance for GPs on what to do when a child dies. We hope our guidance will be used by GPs up and down the country to help support bereaved parents. www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinica... #bereavement #childdeath

Presented a webinar to Cheshire and Merseyside General Practice colleagues this lunchtime on our recently published document 'When a Child Dies - a Framework for General Practice'. Such an important area to get right.

👉 Access the Framework here www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/latest/publi...

If you are an #NHS #GeneralPractitioner, how equipped do you feel to manage the death of a child and support the bereaved parents? We have produced a Framework to help.

Please read and share!

👉 www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk//latest/publ...

#childdeath #bereavement #childloss

I'm happy to talk to anyone about our new Framework including why and how we produced it. @pulsetoday.bsky.social @gponline.bsky.social @emmajourno.bsky.social @hsj.co.uk @bmj.com

We have recently published a new framework to support General Practice in the event of the death of a child. "When a Child Dies - a Framework for General Practice" is a practical guide for GPs in Cheshire and Merseyside, but applicable to all. www.cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk/latest/publi...

#Lanhydrock @nationaltrust.org.uk

When a child dies – a Framework for General Practice Today, I’m writing to GPs. One of the great privileges and challenges of General Practice is the breadth of what we see. While many presentations are common, every now and then we are confronted wi…

🕊️ When a child dies, GPs face profound professional & personal challenges. My latest blog promotes framework to help navigate this heartbreaking situation. A must-read for all in primary care.

👉 drjongriffiths.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/w...

#MedTwitter #GP #PrimaryCare #childbereavement

Thanks for sharing Chris

When a child dies – a Framework for General Practice Today, I’m writing to GPs. One of the great privileges and challenges of General Practice is the breadth of what we see. While many presentations are common, every now and then we are confronted wi…

When a child dies – a Framework for General Practice. This will help GPs support bereaved parents, 'lean in' and be present. These are times where language matters. We can think about things we may not have considered. Thanks @drjongriffiths.bsky.social drjongriffiths.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/w...

Anecdotally most enquiries so far are from patients who are not eligible. I think the hard bit is not going to be whether there is a service for those eligible, rather how we talk to and manage those who are asking for it, but are not eligible? This would be the challenge even if services were live.

From my perspective the message to patients is: Are you eligible? If not, then we cannot prescribe. If so, then we will refer once service available.

I think there are things that, as GPs, we do know (in my area at least). We know what the eligibility criteria is and that there will be a service that will start this summer. We know we should not prescribe. Patient facing comms on ICB website and GP comms have gone out from ICB over 1 week ago.

Breaking the Silence – Child Death Awareness Week 2025 Next week (1st-7th July) The Alder Centre in Liverpool are holding the first ever Child Death Awareness Week. This made me think. Why do we need to raise awareness of child death? Is it because peo…

🟣💚 Child Death Awareness Week (1–7 July)
We often shy away from the hardest conversations. But bereaved parents need us to listen, acknowledge, and show up.
I wrote about why this week matters and what we can all do:
drjongriffiths.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/b...
#ChildDeathAwareness @AlderCentre

TOMORROW! Free health and well-being event on Friday 6 June, 10am – 2pm at Southport Football Club, Haigh Avenue, PR8 6JZ.

For more information call us 07397685213 or email; contact@southportfc-communityfoundation.org

#healthwatchsefton #crosby #sefton #formby #ainsdale #southport #netherton

Can you sit beside me on my mourning bench? Jonathan Griffiths, GP and bereaved parent, writes about his personal experience and shares how we can best support bereaved parents.

Last week the @ncmd.bsky.social published my blog. I have drawn on my experience as a bereaved parent to write something that I hope is meaningful and helpful for people interacting with anyone who has lost a child. Please read and share. #childbereavement #childloss www.ncmd.info/blog/jonatha...

TW: child death

This is so beautifully written and I suspect many of us and our colleagues will benefit from reading it.

www.ncmd.info/blog/jonatha...

Thank you to the @NCMD_England for publishing my blog. This draws on my experience as a bereaved parent. How would you respond to someone telling you that one of their children has died? Check out my blog for some thoughts from me on this. #bereavement #grief

Thanks David, I would agree. Finding the right word for what to call our document is important and 'guidelines' might not be the right one.

Another good day at RCGP council. Meaningful debate on important topics. Differences of opinion but respectful discussions and important decisions.

Having a great time! Reading the latest Robert Crais ‘Cole and Pike’ novel!

Morning coffee on Koh Samui, Thailand. #thailand #kohsamui #BarBaguette

Really pleased to have heard that my session proposal for the 2025 RCGP Annual Conference has been accepted. Will be sharing my experiences of being a bereaved parent. I think there is important learning for GPs here. #childloss #grief #childdeath #bereavement @rcgp.bsky.social

We all have scars We all have scars. Some physical, some emotional. Some of our scars are visible, while others are unseen or even purposefully hidden. Some scars hold no negative associations. For example, the scar…

Thanks for replying. I agree, so important to be seen and known. I've just written a blog following on from a workshop based around 'scarred pots' which speaks to this. Take care. drjongriffiths.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/w...

@dr-shenanigans.bsky.social Hello, hope you don't mind me reaching out. I'm working on some guidelines for GPs around what to do when a child on your list dies. With you working in children's palliative care I thought you may have some thoughts on that. If so, let me know and we can discuss.

We all have scars We all have scars. Some physical, some emotional. Some of our scars are visible, while others are unseen or even purposefully hidden. Some scars hold no negative associations. For example, the scar…

Hello Emily, I've just come across you on here and very sorry to read your posts about your child loss. I am a bereaved parent myself and occasionally blog about my experiences. I hope you are doing ok. Take care. drjongriffiths.wordpress.com/2025/02/13/w...

Christmas can be the hardest time Are you ready for Christmas? As I write this it is 18th December and sometimes it feels as though everyone is in the Christmas spirit, excited and counting down. I have to say that while I do gener…

Just come across your posts. I'm very sorry to hear about Isla. I love the 12 Dinosaurs of Christmas! We buy a new ornament for our Christmas tree every year in memory of our son who died. Thinking of you. drjongriffiths.wordpress.com/2018/12/18/c...