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Professor Jon Wadsley explores the importance of research to improve end of life care at hospices, and how patients can help drive the national agenda
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Research in hospices: why it matters to patients

Professor Jon Wadsley explores the importance of research to improve end of life care at hospices, and how patients can help drive the national agenda.
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Irene McKie, Chief Executive of Strathcarron Hospice, provides a detailed account of how the hospice has been working hard to serve its rural communities.
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Working with communities to deliver hospice care

Irene McKie, Chief Executive of Strathcarron Hospice, describes how the hospice has pivoted their focus to supporting more people at home, reaching them earlier in their illness.
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Barbara-Anne Walker is CEO of Ashgate Hospice and writes for the Hospice Thought Leadership series at Hospice UK
Hospice Thought Leadership

Should hospice care be part of the NHS?

Barbara-Anne Walker, Chief Executive of Ashgate Hospice in Derbyshire, explores whether UK hospice care should be part of the NHS, for our Hospice Thought Leadership series.
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In our second Hospice Thought Leadership article, Grant Usmar, CEO of Hospice of the Valleys, discusses how health inequalities are shaping the way they deliver palliative care
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Health inequalities shaping hospice care

In the second of our Hospice Thought Leadership series, Grant Usmar, CEO of Hospice of the Valleys, discusses how health inequalities shapes the way they deliver palliative care.
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As part of our Hospice Thought Leadership series, Rhona Baillie, Chief Executive of The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, discusses sustainable financing for hospices
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Hospices: health care providers, commercial businesses - or both?

As part of our Hospice Thought Leadership series, Rhona Baillie, Chief Executive of The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice, discusses sustainable financing for hospices.
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