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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harriette Boucher

‘How do you carry on when your child dies? There must be better support for parents of sick children’

Ed Mordaunt’s 10 year old son Raff died last year - (Ed Mordaunt)

“How do you tell your children their sibling has died?” That was the devastating question Ed Mordaunt and his wife, Beth, typed into Google when their 10-year-old son Raff died from leukaemia last year.

Heartbroken and desperate for answers, Mr Mordaunt, from Lichfield, reached out to several charities offering bereavement support, but was told it would be several months before they could get any help.

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