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Dying Matters

A new collaboration between Marie Curie and Helpforce on end of life care volunteers

Hospice UK responds to new collaboration between Marie Curie and Helpforce on end of life care volunteers
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Dying Matters

A call by charities for the Government to take action on benefit delays

Hospice UK responds to call by charities for the Government to take urgent action on benefit delays for dying people
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Dying Matters

Hospice UK Christmas Carol Service is great success

Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent, actresses Alison Steadman OBE and Fiona Dolman and TV presenter Sir Martyn Lewis CBE were among the celebrity readers at Hospice UK’s Christmas...
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Dying Matters

Our response to new research on Advance Care Planning

Hospice UK responds to new study highlighting that advance care planing could be linked to longer survival in terminally ill patients.
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Dying Matters

Inspiring winners of the Hospice UK 2019 awards

A ground-breaking comedy night held in a hospital during Dying Matters Week to raise awareness about end of life care and a project which helped widen participation in gardening at...
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Dying Matters

Japanese Maple, the farewell poem of Clive James

After being diagnosed with leukaemia and emphysema in 2010, the writer and broadcaster Clive James said that his terminal diagnosis led him to "start saying goodbye" through his po...
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