Cancer teenagers ‘too embarrassed’ to talk to their GP
BBC News
The Teenage Cancer Trust says it is concerned the disease is not being spotted early enough in young people because many are too embarrassed to talk to their GP.
Making a case for the integration of palliative care in policies on ageing and dementia
EAPC Blog
Lieve Van den Block writes that despite the development of national and international policies concerning ageing, chronic diseases, dementia and long-term care, there is relatively little attention to the importance and added value of palliative care within these policy developments.
It’s silly to be frightened of being dead
The Guardian
At the age of 96, the legendary editor Diana Athill writes, the idea of death has never been less alarming. The process of dying is another matter.
Elderly patients to trial online hospital appointments
BBC News
Elderly patients in rural north Wales could be offered online consultations with hospital doctors saving them from having to travel long distances.
Little change in NHS culture on whistleblowing, warn campaigners
Nursing Times
There is a “real and continuing problem” over the treatment of NHS staff who raise concerns about patient care, according to a report submitted by Patients First to a national inquiry into whistleblowing.
Nurse retires after 30 years at Hindley hospice
Leigh Journal
A specilaist nurse has retired after more than 30 years working for a Hindley hospice.
Sheelagh Pedder, aged 63, joined Wigan and Leigh Hospice on August 10 1984 when it had been in operation for less than 12 months.
Bizarre donation baffles St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice staff
Lincolnshire Echo
Staff at St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice Trust are scratching their heads over a very bizarre donation.
Second phase of Hospice confirmed
Market Rasen Mail
A health and wellbeing centre will be built at St Andrew’s Hospice in Grimsby providing even better facilities for patients and the public. The second phase of a £6.5 million redevelopment at the Peaks Lane site will go ahead, it has been confirmed.
Leave a Reply