Victory for the Mail in aftermath of Liverpool Care Pathway scandal
Daily Mail
Families will be given a say over the treatment of patients who are thought to be near death, ministers promised yesterday.
Liverpool Care Pathway successor ‘clarifies GP role’, says RCGP
GP Online
The alliance accepted recommendations for a named GP to take overall responsibility for the care of patients nearing the end of their lives in the community.
MP wants action on children’s care services
Rotherham Advertiser
Sir Kevin Barron will write to health and council officials in Rotherham to ask what action they are taking to integrate children’s palliative care services.
Channel 4′s My Last Summer was heartbreaking but broke taboos surrounding terminal illness
Metro
Terminal illness is for some, still a taboo, which is why Channel 4 and the participants of My Last Summer have been talking about it for the last three weeks. It’s important, writes Kate Bellamy.
Cancer Research UK tops poll of most trusted charities
Third Sector
Research carried out on behalf of the Charity Commission finds that 13% of respondents named CRUK as the one they would trust more than others.
Artist’s masterpieces raise £84,000 for Pendleside Hospice
Lancashire Telegraph
Scenes of East Lancashire have helped talented painter Keith Melling raise £84,000 for Pendleside Hospice.
Anyone can die alone – not just the lonely
The Guardian
We live in an isolated age, and the UK is officially the loneliest country in Europe. So pick up that phone, writes Fay Schopen
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