Beyond the Farm Gate: Grief, Bereavement and the Farming Community

In this episode, Dr Clare Tucker speaks with Irene Scott, Practice Nurse Team Lead, Inverkeithing Medical Group / Lead for the Health Hut, Royal Scottish Agricultural Benevolent Institute (RSABI) about how grief and bereavement affect Scotland's farming community. Irene shares the challenges of coping with loss when work cannot pause, the importance of compassionate conversations, and how initiatives such as the Health Hut are helping bring support directly to agricultural communities.

Access the RSABI website.

This podcast deals with issues related to death and bereavement and was created for health and social care staff. This episode also contains discussion of suicide. Caution is advised as some may find the themes upsetting. If this content might disturb you or those around you, please consider whether you wish to explore it.

If you have been affected by any of the issues discussed in this episode, support and further information are available from a range of sources.

Please seek support urgently if you are experiencing thoughts of self-harm or suicide.

Sources of support include e.g.:

• Samaritans – for telephone support call 116 123
• Suicide Prevention Scotland
• Breathing Space
• The Canmore Trust
• Cruse Bereavement Care Scotland

Additional learning materials for health and social care staff are available via the Turas Learn Mental Health Improvement, and Prevention of Self-Harm and Suicide page.

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A transcript for this podcast can be found here.