73% back Margo MacDonald’s assisted suicide Bill
Edinburgh Evening News
Almost three-quarters of people in Lothian back the legalisation of assisted suicide, according to a new poll published today.
Group says assisted suicide support falling
Herald Scotland
Campaign group Care Not Killing say that support for a change in the law on assisted suicide is falling.
Doctor admits ignorance of care pathway
Edinburgh Evening News
A top doctor has admitted that he and other NHS Lothian consultants did not know how to properly implement controversial guidance designed to improve care for dying patients.
Need for end of life care for older homeless, report finds
Irish Times
Provision should be made within the health service for end of life care for older homeless people, a new Irish study has recommended.
Hospice ponders DIY option for ambulance
Hemel Today
The Hospice of St Francis may pay for its own ambulance service after a seriously ill patient waited six hours to be transported to the specialist centre.
Putting patients at the centre of everything we do
NHS England
Dr Kate Granger has written a blog post about compassion in care and about her #hellomynameis campaign.
‘Named GP’ plans thrown into disarray as minister suggests practices can devolve care coordination to district nurses
Pulse
Plans to rollout ‘named GPs’ for all elderly patients from April have been thrown into confusion after a minister’s suggestion that practices could devolve the coordination of care to district nurses was challenged by the nurse’s representative body.
Charities are ‘drowning in fundraising data and failing to realise its potential’
Third Sector
Charities are “drowning in data” and struggling to realise the fundraising potential of the information they hold on donors, according to a new report by the software company Blackbaud and the research consultancy nfpSynergy.
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