UK ‘fares badly in European health league table’
BBC News
The UK is lagging behind progress by similar countries on many indicators for ill-health, research suggests.
Deaths from dementia soar according to new study
Alzheimer’s Society
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have risen from the 24th leading cause of death in the UK to the 10th in the last 20 years according to a study published in The Lancet.
Making sense of what’s going on with personal health budgets
Community Care
This post is, more than anything, to help me make sense of what’s going on with personal health budgets at the moment.
How to get ahead in … charitable investment bonds
Guardian – voluntary sector network
Debbie Andalo looks at the impact charitable investment bonds have on the role of fundraising.
Death on the Wards
Channel 4
Sue Ryder featured in Channel 4’s Dispatches programme, ‘Death on the Wards’ (aired on Monday 4 March) which focussed on the Liverpool Care Pathway.
Tonic for town as £5 million hospice set to open its doors
Manchester Evening News
Bury Hospice – a ‘beautiful sanctuary for patients and relatives’ – is to fully open next Monday.
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