Doctors must address spiritual needs of dying patients, say experts
Daily Telegraph
Doctors must focus on the spiritual needs of dying patients as well as their physical symptoms to make sure they have a dignified and comfortable death, health experts have said.
FGH awarded prestigious Gold Standards Framework Award for end of life care
Cumbria Crack
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has achieved further ‘gold standard’ status in end of life care once again becoming one of the first hospitals in the country to achieve this recognition.
Walsall hospice health move shortlisted for international award
Express & Star
The scheme, which means seriously ill people can be treated without having to go to hospital, was developed by St Giles Walsall Hospice.
How many meals? Butterwick hospice cook clocks up 20 years in the kitchen
Northern Echo
A cook at a County Durham hospice celebrating its 20th year has prepared a fair few meals since she started work in the summer of 1995.
Cancer mum’s lifelong dream to see poems and songs in print
Macclesfield Express
A terminally ill amateur poet has spoken of her lifelong dream to achieve fame through her writing. Joyce Henders, 80, a patient at East Cheshire Hospice, has an incurable rodent ulcer, a type of skin cancer.
Ahead of the House of Commons debate on the Assisted Dying Bill next Friday, we roundup some of the press coverage surrounding the issue:
Wolverhampton South West MP Rob Marris: I am promoting choice – not death (Express & Star)
Iain Wright: Assisted Dying Bill is a massive moral issue (Hartlepool Mail)
From across ehospice editions:
Remembering – book for bereaved children
Break the taboo and start talking about death, dying and bereavement
Simple list improves community access to palliative medicines
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