{"id":303,"date":"2026-06-05T09:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/information\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T09:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T08:59:35","slug":"information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/information\/","title":{"rendered":"Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can download copies of bereavement information resources from the links below. We hope you find this information helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When Someone Has Died &#8211; information for you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A short, simple booklet containing advice and information on practical matters that need to be dealt with when someone dies \u2013 registering the death, arranging the funeral, etc &#8211; and also a section on thoughts, feelings, and sources of further support. This is a national resource which we supplement with two local information leaflets which can also be downloaded using the links below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2026\/06\/When-Someone-Has-Died-v3.1-LOT2489-1.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"716\">When Someone Has Died &#8211; information for you<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/2022\/05\/UsefulContacts.pdf\">Useful Contacts &#8211; local and national services<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/death-scotland-practical-advice-times-bereavement-revised-11th-edition-2016-9781786522726\/\">What to do after a Death in Scotland<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can download copies of bereavement information resources from the links below. We hope you find this information helpful. When Someone Has Died &ndash; information for you A short, simple booklet containing advice and information on practical matters that need to be dealt with when someone dies &ndash; registering the death, arranging the funeral, etc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-303","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"NHS Lothian","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/author\/nhs-lothian\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"You can download copies of bereavement information resources from the links below. We hope you find this information helpful. When Someone Has Died &ndash; information for you A short, simple booklet containing advice and information on practical matters that need to be dealt with when someone dies &ndash; registering the death, arranging the funeral, etc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":738,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions\/738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/bereavementservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}