The loss of a relative or beloved friend can be one of the hardest moments in anyone’s life, yet every year too many people are left to navigate grief without any support. Good end of life care is not only vital for those in their final months or days – it must also include helping those left behind.
Read more...Patients nearing end of life are being failed by poor, unclear communication that compromises care and compounds grief, according to a new report by England’s Health Ombudsman…
Read more...End of life Marie Curie has today announced that it raised over £2.3 million as the 2026 TCS London Marathon’s Official Charity of the Year – surpassing its 2025 fundraising total of £450,000.
Read more...People with learning disabilities have been supporting a leading end of life charity to create new accessible resources around the topics of terminal illness, death, dying and bereavement – after research found they are often not involved in conversations about the subject or told when someone close to them will die.
Read more...The Coalition of Frontline Care for People Nearing the End of Life welcomes the publication of the Palliative and End of life care Commission report….
Read more...Actor Jim Carter handed in a petition to Westminster this afternoon calling on government ministers to fix end of life care. The petition, run by…
Read more...Assisted hydration at the end of life is a highly emotive topic. Some may remember negative headlines about the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), many of…
Read more...An innovative new training programme tailor made for care and nursing home staff has been launched by a leading Lancashire hospice to improve end of…
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