Airdrie firm use industrial digger for ice bucket challenge
Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser
Staff at an Airdrie plant hire firm were drenched in an ice-water challenge with a difference last week as they raised cash for St Andrew’s Hospice.
James Alexander Gordon’s family request hospice donations
BBC News
The broadcaster, best-known for reading the classified football results on BBC radio for 40 years, died at the Sue Ryder Duchess of Kent Hospice in Reading on 18 August.
Brides invited to donate their wedding dress to make dreams come true for couples facing terminal illness
Runcorn and Widnes World
A wedding organiser has launched a new charity, Gift of a Wedding, for couples who, despite facing terminal illness, have decided to commit themselves lovingly to each other.
Research shows that talking about resuscitation is difficult but worthwhile
Marie Curie blog
Anne Finucane, Research Lead at Marie Curie Hospice, Edinburgh, writes about research which took place at the hospice which found that staff found it worthwhile to discuss DNACPR decisions with patients, despite the challenges.
Is medical opinion shifting towards support for an assisted dying law?
BMJ blog
Paul Teed, member of Healthcare Professionals for Assisted Dying, on the divided view of doctors on the subject of assisted dying.
Trust creates new team of dementia nursing assistants
Nursing Times
Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has created 10 new healthcare assistant posts at its Queen’s Hospital site to work exclusively with patients with dementia.
EU data protection proposals would kill fundraisers’ mailing lists, says report
Civil Society
Proposed EU data protection rules could destroy mailing lists relied on by charity fundraisers, and would present “the biggest challenge in fundraising for a generation”, according to a new report.
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