Ed Byrne starts off Colour Me Happy race in aid of Isabel Hospice
Hertfordshire Mercury
Comedian and Mock the Week star Ed Byrne started off the runners and joined in the fun in the first Colour Me Happy event in aid of Isabel Hospice.
The day disabled Helen Bailey, 9, gave a bouquet to Diana, Princess of Wales at the EACH hospice in Milton
Cambridge News
Helen Bailey, then just 9, got the chance to meet Princess Diana in August 1989, when the princess was at Milton to perform the official opening of the children’s hospice.
Dying patients ‘bewildered by array of services’
BBC News
People who are dying and have a range of illnesses face a bewildering array of services, according to research by the University of Edinburgh.
Hospitals continue to fail patients at end of life
The Guardian – healthcare professionals network
What is going wrong and how will new priorities change the situation? asks John Hughes, medical director at Sue Ryder.
Large majority of Britons support assisted dying
ITV News
The survey conducted for ITV’s Tonight programme found that 70% would support allowing assisted dying under the measures proposed in the Assisted Dying Bill, while 12% disagreed and 18% said they did not know.
Bishop: uphold sanctity of life by allowing assisted dying
The Telegraph
A serving bishop has broken ranks with the official Church of England line to support assisted dying, insisting that honouring the “sanctity of life” includes recognising the quality of life experienced by those approaching death.
We must tread carefully along the path to assisted dying
The Telegraph
Legalising assisted dying could make it “too easy” to opt for “state-approved self-extinction”, Boris Johnson has warned.
Hospitals get guidelines on safe nurse numbers
BBC
Hospitals in England are being given strict guidelines on safe staffing levels for nurses – but they stop short of giving absolute minimums.
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