A framework for managing the sudden and unexpected death of a colleague in the primary care setting

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A framework for managing the sudden and unexpected death of a colleague in the primary care setting

Hosted by SOM with The Louise Tebboth Foundation.

Wednesday January 15th 2025 at 3pm.  

To launch A framework for managing the sudden and unexpected death of a colleague in the primary care setting - download here. See also the updated version of Responding to the death by suicide of a colleague in primary care - download here.

These two guides include useful practical advice. This webinar will discuss the guides, and celebrate the progress made on supporting practices bereaved by sudden death since 2020.  

Webinar to be presented by Professor Gail Kinman, Birkbeck, University of London; Dr Rebecca Torry, an experienced GP and trustee of The Louise Tebboth Foundation; and Dr Morag King, who led on setting up the RCGP Sudden Bereavement Support team.

Welcome by Nick Pahl, SOM CEO and Introduction by Alex Freeman.

Bios: 

Gail Kinman is Professor of Occupational Health Psychology at Birkbeck University of London. She is a Chartered Psychologist, a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Academy of Social Sciences and a Director of the Council for Work and Health. Gail has a particular interest in the wellbeing of people whose work is emotionally demanding with a high risk of burnout, and she has published widely in this area.

Rebecca Torry MB B Chir, FRCGP retired from clinical practice in 2021, after 30 years as a GP partner and trainer in South London. She had a dual career as a GP and a medical educator and was at various times a Programme Director for GP training, a tutor for new GPs, an Associate Dean and finally, until 2018, Head of GP School for South London.  She holds Masters qualifications in Medical Education (Dundee) and Medical Ethics and Law (Manchester); has worked in various contexts as a volunteer doctor and educator in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, on the Peruvian Amazon and in Central Asia. Friend and practice colleague Dr Louise Tebboth, who also joined on her trip to Central Asia, died by suicide in 2015 at the age of 40. Rebecca is a trustee of the Louise Tebboth Foundation and has written at various times about the impact of her death on the practice. As an RCGP Adviser, she is part of their Sudden Bereavement Support service. 

Dr Sine Morag King MB ChB FRCGP has over 30 years’ experience of working within primary care as a full-time partner and GP trainer. She always had an interest in both personal and practice development and was one of the first GPs to obtain RCGP Fellowship by Assessment. Her practice was the first in England to gain a second Quality Practice Award. Following retirement from clinical practice in 2015, Morag worked with the RCGP, initially as a GP Adviser providing peer support to practices placed in special measures by the CQC, as part of a multidisciplinary team. supporting team development and quality improvement. She was then closely involved in development of the scope of support which resulted in the team being shortlisted for a BMJ Award in 2021. She then undertook a new leadership role as a Deputy Clinical Lead for the Primary Care Development (PCD) Programme leading a multidisciplinary team of 80 Advisers to provide a bespoke service to any primary care provider requiring help within England. She also supported work in both England and Wales, by providing data reports on practices and by editing scoping reports. She was also involved in training others to continue this work. From 2021, she had an additional responsibility in developing and managing a new team within PCD, Sudden Bereavement Support, to give practical support to practices in England, experiencing the sudden loss by bereavement of a key member. Prior to her retirement in April 2024, and informed by the team's experience, she was able to refresh the team and broaden its scope to offer limited support to any practice in England and Wales, experiencing sudden bereavement of any team member.