Morphine: The cheap, effective pain-relief drug denied to millions
BBC News
It’s cheap, effective and easy to administer – so why are millions of people around the world dying in pain, without access to morphine?
Housing groups should help people to die at home
Inside Housing
Councils and housing associations should take a leading role in end of life care to help people spend their final days at home, a report has said.
End of life care for people with urological cancer
Nursing Times
As the majority of patients with urological cancers die in hospital, urology and continence nurses have an important role to play in the end of life care team.
A day in the life of a CCG chief officer
The Guardian – healthcare network
Sarah Blow is Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group’s chief officer. She explains her role and some of its challenges.
Corrie star backs Little Hulton hospice appeal
Salford Online
Coronation Street actor Andy Whyment has chosen a special way to remember his grandmother this Christmas, by dedicating a light on a Christmas tree at St Ann’s Hospice where she was treated.
New Fair Havens hospice donations fall
Echo
Donations towards plans to build a £15 million hospice have plummeted over the last year.
Eight year old Daisy Nimmo from Wimbledon urges support for lifeline hospice
Local Guardian
An eight year old girl not expected to live into adulthood is urging people to dig deep in support of a Shooting Star CHASE children’s hospice this Christmas.
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