NI group campaigns for assisted suicide
UTV
A new group in Northern Ireland is campaigning for terminally ill people to have the right to choose an assisted death and better access to good quality end of life care.
Medics slam Margo MacDonald assisted suicide claim
Edinburgh News
Doctors in Scotland have hit back at claims that a “silent majority” of medics are in favour of legalising assisted suicide.
VIDEO: Construction begins on £13m hospice rebuild
News Letter
The Northern Ireland Hospice has formally began construction on a new building to meet end of life care needs for the next generation.
NHS reassurances over palliative care
Shetland News
NHS Shetland has moved to reassure the public that the number of palliative care beds in the Gilbert Bain Hospital is not being reduced.
How CCGs can improve care for patients with palliative needs
Inside Commissioning
“With an ageing population and more patients with complex co-morbidity, palliative and end of life care is becoming more of a priority area for many CCGs,” writes Dr Sarah Mitchell, GP and Birmingham CrossCity CCG’s clinical lead for the Macmillan Specialist Care at Home pilot project.
Lung cancer rates rise for women, but fall for men
Nursing Times
Lung cancer rates have soared among women over the past four decades, but are now declining among men, new figures show.
NHS future could see you Facebook your doctor
The Independent
ParkinsonNet is a website which links sufferers of the disease in the Netherlands with specialist doctors and nurses and is being hailed as a trailblazer for the era of telehealth.
Budget 2014: HMRC outreach teams to help small charities benefit from gift aid
Civil Society
The government will encourage more donors to use gift aid and help ensure smaller charities are registered for the reliefs they are entitled to.
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