Top grade for new Sunderland hospice
Sunderland Echo
St Benedict’s Hospice and Centre for Specialist Palliative Care in Ryhope has been praised in a recent patient survey.
Doctor’s 16,000km move for Isle of Wight post
Isle of Wight County Press
Graham Grove, a new palliative medicine consultant at Earl Mountbatten Hospice, has relocated to the Isle of Wight from Australia.
‘Why has it taken so long to reopen Sunshine House?’: Mum of boy who died at ‘special’ Hull hospice
Hull Daily Mail
Parents are worried that Sunshine House may close permanently after flooding forced it to close in December.
The death doulas
BBC Radio 4 – Lives in a Landscape
Alan Dein meets doulas in Lewes in Sussex – people working in palliative care from all walks of life who have learned how to be companions for people who are dying.
Caring for the carers
SPPC Blog
Dr Derek Doyle OBE, Honorary President of the Scottish Partnership for Palliative Care, on the importance of supporting carers, so that patients can stay at home for longer.
Student nurses to wear ‘hello my name is’ badges
Nursing Times [subscription needed]
Student nurses at Swansea University will wear name badges from this month, after convincing the institution to back the “hello my name is” campaign.
Deaths from childhood cancer fall by up to 74% in a decade
The Telegraph
Doctors are winning the battle against childhood cancer, with deaths plummeting over the last decade. But health experts say there is more work to do.
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