Daily News Roundup – 8 September 2014

Categories: In The Media.

Hospice charity to launch a fundraising appeal after funding cuts

North Yorkshire Advertiser

Herriot Hospice Homecare is preparing to launch a fundraising campaign after two years of decreasing NHS funding.

Photo contest for hospice

Sussex Express

St Michael’s Hospice has launched an inspirational photography competition, called ‘Capture the Moment’.

Keech Hospice Chief Executive Mike Keel does the Ice Bucket Challenge

Luton on Sunday

Keech Hospice Chief Executive Mike Keel has done the Ice Bucket Challenge whilst wearing an Incredible Hulk costume.

The end of life care challenge

The Commissioning Review

Jonathan Ellis, Director of Policy and Advocacy at Help the Hospices, on why hospices and commissioners should work more closely together, to jointly shape and develop services that meet the needs of people in their local communities.

Rekindling life skills

EAPC Blog

Catherine Proot, Bereavement Coordinator at St Nicholas Hospice Care, explains how bereavement activity groups are helping participants to learn new skills, feel more confident and renew their taste for life.

Children and the fear of death

The Telegraph

Thanatophobia, or the fear of death, is common among children aged four to eight. How should parents help their children come to terms with this upsetting phobia?

NHS cancer services struggling, says charity

BBC News

NHS cancer services in England are at a “tipping point” in the wake of years of efficiency savings and the recent NHS reforms, warns Cancer Research UK.

42,000 people in UK ‘have early-onset dementia’, major study finds

Nursing Times

More than twice as many people in the UK develop dementia under the age of 65 than previously thought, according to new figures.

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