New chairman promises to continue championing Bolton Hospice
The Bolton News
The new chairman of Bolton Hospice, Judith Bromley, a solicitor and long-term volunteer at the hospice, says she will continue to champion one of the town’s most loved institutions.
New head of trustees at hospice
Derbyshire Times
After five years, Bill Preece has stepped down from the position at Blythe House and passed over the role to Tim Mourne.
Simon Cowell visits Haven House Hospice in Woodford Green
This is Local London
Simon Cowell visited Haven House Hospice last week to help promote Children’s Hospice Week (13 to 20 June).
Fifty-strong ‘onesie’ dance flashmob brave the elements in Lincoln High Street
Lincolnshire Echo
Fifty fundraisers of all ages ignored the rain to perform a five-minute ‘flashdance’ in Lincoln High Street on Saturday to promote a record-breaking bid by St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice.
Assessing anxiety in palliative care patients
GP Online
Dr Patricia Macnair discusses how assessing anxiety in palliative care patients can help in developing the treatment plan.
‘My friend’s shocking suicide convinced me I want the chance to kill myself with dignity’
Daily Mail
Sir Patrick Stewart writes about why he is now campaigning for right to die with dignity.
Traditional rites help us deal with the grief of death
The Telegraph blog
Cristina Odone, journalist, novelist and broadcaster, on how we morn.
Dementia ‘death twice over’
Yahoo! News
Cricket veteran Sir Ian Botham has said the terrible thing about dementia is that “you watch someone die twice over”.
Report: ‘Tackle loneliness with internet training’
ITV News
The number of lonely elderly people can be brought down if they are given proper internet training by the government, a think tank has said.
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