Daily News Roundup – 8 May 2014

Categories: In The Media.

Shock as Pilgrims Hospice in Canterbury set to close

Kent Online

From 2016 Pilgrims will no longer provide inpatient beds at its Canterbury hospice building, but will keep inpatient hospice beds in Ashford and Thanet.

County’s first-ever hospice outreach centre almost ready to open

EADT24

Suffolk’s first-ever hospice outreach centre will open in Haverhill at the end of the month as St Nicholas Hospice Care aims to treat its patients closer to home.

Hospice to open up revamped gardens

Nottingham Post

Local people have been invited to catch a glimpse of the newly-refurbished gardens at Nottinghamshire Hospice.

‘Do not resuscitate’ orders not a matter for national policy, appeal court hears

The Guardian

Forcing doctors to follow a national policy on decisions about whether or not to attempt resuscitation of critically ill patients would run counter to the political will of ministers on how the NHS is run, judges have been told.

Nurses underpaid, overworked and undervalued

Nursing Times

The majority of nurses feel underpaid, overworked and undervalued, according to a survey carried out jointly by Nursing Times and ITV.

GivingTuesday global day of giving comes to the UK this year

UK Fundraising

Global philanthropy campaign #GivingTuesday is extending to the UK this year. The campaign, which encourages people to give their time, money or voice to charity on one day, will take place on 2 December 2014.

Corporate gift aid would be worth more than £230m to charities

Civil Society

Gift aid on corporate donations would be worth more than £230 million a year to charities, a new report by the research consultancy nfpSynergy shows.

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