Hospitals act like ‘conveyor belts’ for dying patients
Daily Telegraph
Care watchdog announces major review into why patients are suffering from conditions like dementia and heart disease are recieving poor standards of care.
Cancer patient plans ‘assisted death’ in Swiss clinic at 2pm this afternoon
ITV News
A North Wales man with terminal cancer is documenting his final moments in Switzerland – and his last push for a change in UK law around assisted suicide – as he plans to end his life at 2pm this afternoon.
Complying with landmark deprivation of liberty ruling would cost extra £1.5bn a year
Community Care
Compliance with a landmark Supreme Court ruling on deprivation of liberty would cost an extra £1.5 billion a year, according to legal experts.
‘I can’t recall somebody near death saying they want to die’
Channel 4 News
Jo Fernandes, a nurse at The Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, tells Channel 4 News why she doesn’t support assisted dying.
‘Without it I’d be in bed waiting to die’ – nurse with terminal cancer argues for cannabis legalisation
Northern Echo
As a palliative care nurse, Sandra Smith spent decades watching patients fade away, bodies wracked by cancer and gruelling chemotherapy sessions. With a terminal diagnosis of her own, the stoic 49-year-old mother was determined not to die that way.
Extra staff for Marie Curie in Western Isles
Press and Journal
Six additional nurses and healthcare professionals have been recruited to the Marie Curie cancer care service in the Western Isles.
The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life – review
The Guardian
“This readable study by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski attempts to measure the influence of mortal terror on human affairs,” writes Tim Lott in this book review for The Guardian.
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