Perinatal Loss and Bereavement Support Workshop

Midwives and Nurses, develop your skills supporting families and your own wellbeing while caring for families experiencing perinatal loss. Develop your skills in supporting women and their families after loss and inform how to support your own mental wellbeing during these care episodes. Coinciding with Perinatal Mental Health Week 2026, this workshop responds to Recommendation 35 of the NSW Select Committee on Birth Trauma- Report No. 1, which suggests that "all maternity healthcare practitioners are provided training on bereavement support." Although a challenging area of practice, it is important midwives and nurses have the tools and knowledge around best practice bereavement care. This will better support parents following loss through miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death or when ending their pregnancy for personal or medical reasons. Program: • Understand what perinatal grief is and the common reactions it can generate • Learn how perinatal grief challenges bereaved parents and health care professionals • Discover ways to adequately support bereaved families in your care • Hear about supports for families after discharge, including subsequent pregnancy support • Learn how to support your own wellbeing when caring for families experiencing perinatal loss Presenter: Eliza Strauss is a Bereavement Midwife, who was awarded the national "Excellence in Bereavement Care Award" by the Australian College of Midwives for her work in perinatal loss in a maternity hospital setting. In partnership with the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE), Eliza educates midwives and front-line health professionals in providing bereaved parents with appropriately sensitive support. Places on this workshop are limited. The NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association's Education Cancellation, Refund and Catering policy is available on the NSWNMA website. Lunch and refreshments are provided. A CPD Certificate will be provided to attendees at the end of the seminar.