Assisted dying: ‘I’ve had a good life, now I am planning for a good death’
BBC News
Paul Chamberlain, who has motor neurone disease, has obtained drugs from overseas to take his own life.
Hospice charity is given £88k to support project
Cornish Guardian
The Wolfson Foundation has given a grant of £88,000 to Cornwall Hospice Care to revamp its Mount Edgcumbe Hospice in St Austell.
Hospice delay an ‘absolute scandal’
Lincolnshire Echo
Councillors have branded it a ‘scandal’ that Butterfly Hospice is unable to treat patients two years after building works were completed.
BBC programme applauds Princess Alice Hospice, Esher
This is Local London
Princess Alice Hospice will feature in a BBC 1 programme, showcasing the help and support it gives to patients and their families.
Healthcare assistants ‘should get standard training’
BBC News
There is no minimum standard of training for healthcare assistants before they can work unsupervised, an independent report has found.
Stafford Hospital scandal: Welsh NHS budget review to avoid repeat
BBC News
Welsh NHS funding levels will be reviewed to help ensure hospitals avoid a repeat of a scandal in England where hundreds of patients died needlessly.
Carers facing debt and eviction because of bedroom tax – study
The Guardian
Carers UK says cash promised by ministers to help vulnerable carers does not meet demand
Labour calls for radical reform of social security for disabled people
The Guardian
Shadow work and pensions secretary, Liam Byrne, is to promote a single assessment for all health and social needs.
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