Liverpool Care Pathway review shows challenges in palliative care
The Guardian – healthcare professionals network
Findings from the independent review of the Liverpool Care Pathway illustrate failures of training around the regime, and that it leads to poor practice for terminally ill patients, writes Melanie Henwood.
Colchester: No issue with end of life care plan
Daily Gazette
St Helena Hospice has defended its use of the Liverpool Care Pathway after it was announced it will be scrapped.
Hospice care at home thanks to group
Kenilworth Weekly
Free, in-home hospice care is now available to Kenilworth patients thanks to a Shakespeare Hospice expansion.
British Marie Curie wins Tour de France 2014 partnership
Civil Society
Marie Curie has been announced as the first-ever charity partner for the Tour de France Grand Depart next year.
Government urged not to drop requirement for companies to report charitable donations
Third Sector
The Directory of Social Change has urged the government to rethink plans to remove the requirement for companies to list charitable donations in their annual reports.
Some commissioners setting ‘unachievable’ targets, NHS England admits
HSJ
An NHS England discussion paper currently being circulated to clinical commissioning groups and other bodies admits that the current system of “incentives, rewards and sanctions” is “often not used as intended”.
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