Care providers have been urged to review their practices without delay following a landmark Supreme Court ruling that fundamentally changes how deprivation of liberty is determined in England and Wales.
Read more...A new rose has been launched by garden experts Thompson & Morgan, named in honour of actress, presenter and passionate gardener Caroline Quentin, and in…
Read more...St Peter’s Hospice has officially unveiled its newly refurbished first-floor offices at its Brentry site in Bristol, with local MP Darren Jones attending to formally…
Read more...Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end of life charity, is today announcing funding to support research into improving palliative and end of life care in…
Read more...Hartford Care’s Alton Place care home on Winchester Road, Alton, has completed The Mountbatten End of Life Programme, an accredited education and training initiative designed…
Read more...A major new campaign launches today calling on Government to recognise that social care is an essential part of our economy as well as our…
Read more...Aspiring young healthcare professionals have celebrated completing six months of volunteering at St Wilfrid’s Hospice in Eastbourne. The hospice runs a Young Clinical Volunteer (YCV)…
Read more...Nearly six in ten English hospices have made or are considering cuts to frontline services, according to new data from Hospice UK, as financial pressures…
Read more...Hospices across Wales will receive further funding support as landmark national commissioning guidance is agreed. The £4.3m support package from the Welsh Government will provide…
Read more...Nearly half (46%) of families say they were not told what to expect as a loved one living with dementia approached the end of their…
Read more...The government and NHS England are not responding to the growing financial crisis in the adult hospice sector with the seriousness and urgency the situation…
Read more...When Bristol resident Tacey Bain’s husband David received a sudden cancer diagnosis, the final two weeks of his life were spent in the compassionate hands…
Read more...The House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee has published its second report on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. The…
Read more...This week, Marie Curie ambassador Paul Chuckle MBE completed his ‘Thank you’ tour of the UK to celebrate 40 years of the Great Daffodil Appeal…
Read more...Marie Curie, the UK’s leading end of life charity, has announced that ambassador Paul Chuckle MBE is embarking on a ‘Thank you’ tour of the…
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