BMA calls on Lords to throw out ‘section 75’ commissioning rules
GP Online
BMA leaders have called for controversial ‘section 75’ NHS commissioning regulations to be withdrawn over fears that the regulations could force commissioners to put all healthcare services out to tender.
Postcode lottery in cancer survival
The Telegraph
Cancer patients face ‘wide and persistent’ variations in survival rates depending on where they live, according to official statistics.
Call for minimum nursing levels in hospitals
BBC News
Minimum nursing staffing levels are needed to protect hospital patients from the impact of cuts in the NHS, a leading health union says.
BIG re-examines additionality principle
Civil Society
Ceri Doyle from the Big Lottery Fund has said there is a debate within the organisation on its long-held principle of ‘additionality’ – ensuring funding goes to projects which do not carry out the core work of government.
Charities should encourage schoolchildren to give, inquiry hears
Third Sector
Richard Harrison, director of research at the Charities Aid Foundation, says schools are the key to encouraging young people to interact with charity.
Institute of Fundraising calls for web portal to encourage payroll giving
Third Sector
Chief executive Peter Lewis says the Treasury consultation on the issue is an opportunity for government to learn from the sector.
Feature: Physiotherapy is a life-changing service available at Grantham Hospice
Grantham Journal
This feature is the third in a series in the lead up to the launch of St Barnabas Hospice’s ‘£1 in a Pot’ campaign, which aims to raise money for day therapy services.
Homeless raise cash for St Catherine’s Hospice
Lancashire Evening Post
Residents of a Preston homeless shelter have come to the end of a nine-week project exploring the meaning of life to support St Catherine’s Hospice, Preston.
Electrician who caught a burglar is among Hackney hospice award winners
Hackney Gazette
An electrician who apprehended a burglar and an occupational therapist who organised a team of volunteers to clean up a patient’s home so she could return there to die, have been recognised in the St Joseph’s Hospice Achievement Awards.
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