Ignoring the needs of dying people is not an option
Help the Hospices
Statement by Jonathan Ellis, director of public policy and parliamentary affairs, on the report by the National Council for Palliative Care which reveals that just 46% of health and wellbeing boards have considered the needs of those at the end of life.
Needs of dying overlooked by health reforms, claims charity
The Telegraph
New organisations that are meant to be the link between the NHS and local councils are failing to consider the needs of dying people, the National Council for Palliative Care warns.
‘Shocking’ treatment in NHS hospitals and care homes exposed in report
The Guardian
Patients Association says treatment of some patients is still ‘demeaning, painful and sometimes downright cruel’
Patients Association: Margaret Allen
The Telegraph
When Margaret Allen’s sister called a hospital to find out how she was, the nurse on the other end of the line held the phone out so that she could hear her scream out in pain.
Why can’t the NHS get basic care right?
BBC News
Reading the 53-page dossier on poor patient care put together by the Patients Association, you cannot help but be moved by the harrowing stories, says Nick Triggle, health correspondent.
Why don’t people give to larger charities anymore?
Civil Society
Richard Radcliffe suggests that the public have replaced giving to large charities with giving to smaller ones.
Husband’s poignant pilgrimage
Daily Mail Online
Grandfather, 80, hitchhikes 10,000 miles from Leicester to South Africa to spread his wife’s ashes and raises nearly £6,000 for LOROS Hospice, where his wife of 55 years spent her final days.
Hospice set for move to hospital grounds – 12 years on
This is South Wales
Carmarthen’s Ty Cymorth Hospice is to move into new premises within the grounds of Glangwili Hospital.
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