Helpline Manager Paula, chats on Future Radio explaining why the Anne Robson Trust set up a telephone helpline service.

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, more people are dying, both from Covid and other illnesses. Patients dying in hospital, care homes and hospices are more likely to have limited contact with their families.

Losing someone close can affect us in many different ways, but many of the physical and emotional impacts often come before the loss of life itself. It can be so hard to talk about all of the emotions we may experience during the time it takes for a loved one to die.

So people facing the end of life, whether their own or a loved one’s, need support.