Cricketer Geoff Cook opens Durham hospice extension
The Northern Echo
Former England cricketer Geoff Cook cut the ribbon yesterday to open the new patient area at St Cuthbert’s Hospice in Durham.
NHS shake-up puts Saint Francis Hospice Brentwood role at risk
Brentwood Gazette
Residents from Brentwood may have to go to St Luke’s Hospice in Basildon for care, in a reorganisation of palliative care across the Brentwood and Basildon Clinical Commissioning Group area.
St Raphael’s Hospice chairman Dr Ron McKeran resigns over concerns about its future
Wimbledon Guardian
The chairman of St Raphael’s Hospice has resigned amid concerns about the hospice’s future after the hospital it shares its site with was sold.
Healthwatch Enfield and Haringey question ‘palliative’ death increase at North Middlesex Hospital
Enfield Independent
Health watchdogs have called on a commissioning body to investigate the increase in deaths recorded as ‘palliative’ at North Middlesex University hospital.
Why are men reluctant to talk about cancer?
The Guardian – living with cancer
As new research suggests almost a quarter of men have never talked about cancer to a friend or relative, a new conversation is needed to save lives, writes Robert Ince from Beating Bowel Cancer.
Dementia diagnosis drive raises concern
BBC News
Questions are being raised about the government’s drive to increase dementia diagnosis rates in England.
Umbrellas call on HMRC to scrap new charity tax avoidance plans
Civil Society
Plans to create a new definition of charity in order to prevent tax avoidance should be abandoned altogether by HM Revenue & Customs, say NCVO, the Charity Finance Group and the Association of Charitable Foundations.
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