Major £470,000 revamp of Newcastle hospice will help hundreds of patients
Chronicle Live
Newcastle’s Marie Curie Hospice is undergoing its first refurbishment in 21 years in a bid to help hundreds more patients.
Lincoln coffee house to host city’s first death café
The Lincolnite
Death and dying will be served up for visitors to Lincoln’s first ever death café next month, organised by St Barnabas Lincolnshire Hospice.
‘Why we have a gold standard of care’, explains Arthur Rank Hospice chief Lynn Morgan
Cambridge News
“The Arthur Rank Hospice recognised the need to share our good practice and as a result is just one of 13 regional centres in England delivering GSF,” writes hospice CEO Lynn Morgan.
Myton Hospice nurse on why he loves his job
Leamington Courier
Being part of an “amazing” team that is able to provide excellent care to those in need are among the reasons Andy Houghton, senior staff nurse at Myton Hospice’s Warwick site, loves his job.
Having lots of friends is a better painkiller than morphine
The Telegraph
Scientists at Oxford University found people with large groups of friends have a higher tolerance for pain.
Author Jenny Diski, diagnosed with inoperable cancer, dies aged 68
The Guardian
The author Jenny Diski has died. “Under no circumstances is anyone to say that I lost a battle with cancer. Or that I bore it bravely. I am not fighting, losing, winning or bearing,” she wrote in her diary about her inoperable cancer, which was serialised in the London Review of Books.
Death and dying needs greater public health focus
Dying Matters blog
Dr Rammya Mathew explains why a greater public health focus on advance care planning would benefit us all.
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