Work starts on new St Nicholas Hospice centre in Haverhill
Cambridge News
Refurbishment work has officially begun on a new hospice centre. The new base for St Nicholas Hospice Care will mean patients and their families will no longer have to travel to the main hospice site in Bury St Edmunds.
Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House launches 30th anniversary fundraising awards
Lynn News
Two special fundraising awards have been launched by Norfolk Hospice, Tapping House, which this year marks its 30th anniversary. The hospice is also set to move from its Snettisham base to a new £3.4 million purpose-built facility at Hillington this year.
Hampshire hospices get hi-tech boost
Basingstoke Gazette
Children’s hospice charity Lifelites has supplied the Naomi House and Jacksplace hospices with touch-screen technology, the latest gaming consoles and specially-adapted iPads.
Former footballer visits Havering hospice patients
Romford Recorder
Julian Dicks, who played for West Ham and Liverpool, met members of Saint Francis Hospice’s Memories and Moments group.
Thousands of prostate cancer patients told to avoid treatment
The Telegraph
Prostate cancer patients with mild or moderate forms of the disease will be advised not to have immediate treatment.
Personal health budgets will transform care for people with long-term needs
The Guardian
Individual budgets will allow people to have control of their healthcare – and the NHS will have to adapt.
Most Tory MPs think charities should not be ‘political’, says nfpSynergy survey
Third Sector
More than three-quarters of Conservative MPs think it is a negative trait for charities to “be political”, according to a newly released survey from the research consultant nfpSynergy.
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