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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