Pathway ‘improves nurse confidence in palliative care’
Nursing Times
A practice-based educational pathway has been found to improve nurses’ confidence in delivering end of life care to patients.
60 seconds with… Catherine Walshe
Nursing Times
Catherine Walshe is senior lecturer in palliative care at the International Observatory on End of Life Care.
Woodford Green children’s hospice receives £41,000 grant from Amy Winehouse
Ilford Recorder
Haven House has received a £41,150 grant from the Amy Winehouse Foundation to create a music therapy room in its new annex.
Hospice beds could stay in Weybridge if funding is found
Get Surrey
Hospice inpatient beds could remain in Weybridge if a proposal to buy a nursing home in the town gains financial support. Last year it was announced that beds at Sam Beare Hospice would be relocated to a new multi-million pound base in Woking.
East Devon Day Hospice Appeal: How the new centre will benefit patients
Midweek Herald 24
With the new East Devon Day Hospice due to open this summer, Hospiscare East Devon community cluster team leader Angela Phillips has been talking to the Herald about her role and how the new day hospice will benefit patients and carers.
Students help out Hospice of St Francis for Student Volunteering Week
Watford Observer
The Hospice of St Francis is celebrating the achievements of its youngest volunteers during this week’s Student Volunteering Week.
Northern Ireland Hospice
BBC Northern Ireland
Interview with Paul McKeown, Programme Manager at Northern Ireland Hospice, about the rebuild of the hospice.
Will eldercare be as common as childcare?
BBC News
A number of major employers are offering “eldercare” – help with looking after older relatives. Will this soon be as common as providing help with childcare?
Tougher society lottery rules could ‘halve returns’
Civil Society
Yet another report has called for the relaxation of rules around society lotteries, this time warning that tougher restrictions could halve the amount returned by lotteries to good causes.
No need to copy the Americans when it comes to charity tax incentives
Civil Society
The UK needs to develop a stronger philanthropic culture to boost giving but should not attempt to copy the US system, according to CAF research.
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