Dr John Smith: This is an opportunity to improve hospices
Northamptonshire Telegraph
Funding changes can create an opportunity to improve Cransley Hospice, says founder Dr John Smith.
A morning’s work a week is worth £1,500 to Hospice
Newtownabbey Times
According to The Northern Ireland Hospice, volunteering in one of their shops for a morning or afternoon each week is the equivalent of donating £1,500 every year to the charity.
MPs to debate lobbying bill amid charity ‘gagging’ concern
BBC News
MPs are set to debate new rules on lobbying amid a warning from charity leaders they could be “damaging”.
Are emotive appeals effective in persuading people to give to charity?
The Guardian – voluntary sector network
Charities are often told that to attract attention they need emotive appeals, but guilt-tripping can have the opposite effect.
Key telehealth group axed
HSJ
The 3millionlives industry group, set up by the government to promote efforts to have three million patients using telehealth by 2017, has been disbanded amid growing evidence the programme is experiencing difficulty.
Call for rare conditions drugs fund
BBC News
A group of MPs is calling for a ring-fenced fund to pay for drugs for rare conditions.
Loneliness of dementia revealed
BBC News
Communities need to look after people with dementia because too often they feel trapped and cut off from everyday local life, says the Alzheimer’s Society.
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