Table 2.

Characteristics of the bereaved relatives and HSCPs who completed the survey

Characteristics of HSCPs surveyed	n	Characteristics of bereaved relatives surveyed	n
Professional role		Gender of participant
Doctor	114	Female	216
Nurse	155	Male	59
Pharmacist	1	Non-binary	1
Physiotherapist	13	Other	1
Occupational therapist	2	Missing	1
Chaplain	5
Speech and language therapist	4	Participant’s relationship to the family member who died
Dietician	1	Son/daughter	174
Social care professional	2	Spouse/partner	22
Healthcare assistant	23	Parent	4
Volunteer	5	Son/daughter-in-law	12
Other (no details/free text provided)	13	Niece/nephew	13
Missing	5	Grandchild	19
		Sibling	6
Location of professional		Friend	14
England	247	Other	14
Scotland	58
Wales	7
Northern Ireland	25	Location of death
Missing	8	England	179
		Scotland	63
		Wales	10
		Northern Ireland	7
		Missing	19
		Place of death
		Hospital	75
		General ward (n=34)
		Intensive care unit (n=13)
		Coronavirus ward (n=26)
		Other (n=2)
		Usual place of care	192
		Home (n=30)
		Care home (n=162)
		Hospice	10
		Missing	1
		Was the person who died infected with coronavirus?
		Yes, certainly	82
		Yes, probably	28
		No, probably not	54
		No, certainly not	92
		Missing	22

HSCP, health and social care professional.