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Staff in PPE

26 June 2020

On the frontline: Returning to the NHS during Covid-19

While the Coronavirus pandemic has been ongoing many people have stepped forward to help the NHS, through being redeployed from other roles or returning to work after retirement, i...

Parents caring for seriously ill children, more isolated than ever

25 June 2020

Parents caring for seriously ill children more isolated than ever during Covid-19, survey finds

A new study by the Martin House Research Centre, Together for Short Lives, and the University of Southampton reveals that most families caring for a child with a life-limiting cond...

ART

24 June 2020

How video technology is helping hospice care continue

With Coronavirus restrictions still in place, Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice Care in Surrey has been using video technology to provide care to local patients who are living with a life-l...

Dr Leigh Vallance

24 June 2020

Ending inequalities in end of life care: “We must listen to the lived experiences of oppression”

Earlier this month Public Health England published a report confirming that people belonging to black and ethnic minority groups are more at risk from coronavirus. As part of our s...

Queenscourt Hospice

23 June 2020

“There is an absolute need for end of life care and education in this pandemic”

When Covid-19 began to take hold, a postgraduate course in palliative and end of life care was quickly adapted to provide the now crucial skills of caring for and communicating wit...

Haven House Children's Hospice

23 June 2020

"Watching Ronnie improve every day has brought real hope”

Haven House Children’s Hospice in Essex has been supporting Ronnie and his mum Kim since arriving from the paediatric intensive care unit at Evelina Children’s Hospital in mid-...