Call to stop ‘lottery’ of end of life care
The Telegraph
Terminally ill patients are experiencing wildly varying standards of end of life care, depending on their disease, postcode and ethnicity, a new report has found.
Social workers should be coordinators of end of life care, says report
Community Care
Social workers should be tasked with joining up end of life care to help end “unacceptable inequalities” in the provision of support to those who are dying, says a new report from Demos.
Call for resuscitation clarity after ‘disturbing’ death
BBC News
Five organisations have received coroner’s letters highlighting the “disturbing” death of a woman after paramedics were called to a care home.
Care homes should become community hubs
The Guardian
As private care homes face more scandals, the head of the English Community Care Association Martin Green explains why they are throwing open their doors.
Psychiatrists call for action over premature deaths of mentally ill
The Independent
An international group of psychiatrists today launches a drive to end the global scandal of premature deaths among people suffering from severe mental illness.
Fundraising self-regulation review announced
Civil Society
The three fundraising regulatory bodies – the Institute of Fundraising, PFRA and Fundraising Standards Board – have opened up a tender to review the way fundraising self-regulation works.
How to raise money effectively through telephone fundraising
The Guardian
Only trained staff who are open and honest with supporters will be able to use the telephone to its full and brilliant potential.
Ten key themes in charity mergers
Civil Society
Richard Gutch has interviewed a number of the chief executives involved in recent mergers. Ten key themes have kept emerging.
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