Hospice ‘champions’ could improve experiences of dying in hospital
Hemel Today
The Berkhamsted-based Hospice of St Francis is launching a pioneering project which aims to improve patients’ experiences of dying in hospital.
Zoe’s Place baby hospice nets a donation from John Hartson
Nuneaton News
A former international star striker has visited a children’s hospice to deliver a huge donation from a charitable foundation set up in his name.
Local hospice works to change attitudes towards death
Sutton Coldfield Local
St Giles Hospice has welcomed a recent documentary addressing attitudes to death by comedian Billy Connolly.
At the hospice, I really saw the warmth of humanity
Marie Curie blog
Robena Sheikh, whose husband Zahir was cared for at the Marie Curie Hospice, Bradford in the last three weeks of his life, features in this blog post and a short film about the hospice.
Friends and family test ‘unreliable’ comparison tool, in-depth study concludes
HSJ
The friends and family test has been described as an unreliable means of comparing hospital healthcare, according to a new in-depth study.
National Lottery contribution to good causes drops by £200m
Civil Society
Camelot raised £1.75 billion for National Lottery Good Causes for the year ending March 2014, a £200 million dip on £1.95 billion in the previous year.
Mass participation: finding the holy grail of volume and value
Civil Society blog
What matters to people? Jaz Nannar says this broad but important question is going to be at the heart of where mass participation events go in the future.
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