Hospice care on the radio
BBC Hereford & Worcester
Following the Radio 4 discussion last week on the scope of hospice care and how hospices can offer to support patient discharges, St Richard’s Hospice CEO Mark Jackson spoke on local BBC radio twice about the breadth of care offered by St Richard’s and other hospices. Listen again at:
- Andrew Easton, 10 Feb, starting at 1: 05:00
- Elliott Webb and Toni at Breakfast, 13 Feb, starting at 2:37:30
MND sufferer’s family to raise £36,000 to pay for year’s care at Bury Hospice
Bury Times
A Motor Neurone Disease sufferer’s family say his illness will not be in vain if they can raise £36,000 to fund a bed at Bury Hospice.
Strathaven man backs charity so they can start up a musical therapy room
Daily Record
Ian Thomson as donated ukuleles, guitars, bongo drums, tambourines and kazoos to Kilbryde Hospice in South Lanarkshire.
Good communication is essential to successful integration of health and social care
The Guardian – social care network
Integration will only become a reality if staff, service users and the public are fully informed and engaged with the proposed reforms
There is nothing about hope that is false
ehospice International children’s edition
A new blog written by paediatric clinical care nurse Lanise Shortell looks at the role of hope in the lives of the families of children with life-limiting conditions and concludes that there is nothing about hope that is false.
The ‘H’ word
ehospice South Africa
Negative perceptions and attitudes towards hospice and palliative care exist, but these are starting to change because of the good work and advancements that have been made in this sector.
China’s plans for ketamine control a knockout blow for East Africa
ehospice International
“In emergency situations, ketamine is the anaesthetic of choice. It is safe, cheap and effective. But an upcoming UN vote could make it hard to come by.”
Do not resuscitate: China’s elites push for a better way to die
ehospice International
Discrepancies in China’s end of life care for its citizens have been publicly called into question by descendants of elite political families as they demand better ways to die.
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