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Portrait of the artist Mohammed Ali

11 May 2021

Your stories - Mohammed and his mother

When Mohammed and David watched their mothers go into hospital during the pandemic, they found it hard to cope with the fact that they would die alone.

Ike and Mimi portrait sitting on a tree

10 May 2021

Your stories - Ike and Mimi

When Ike's wife Mimi was diagnosed with terminal cancer aged just 37, Ike didn't want to hear about the plans that she was putting in place to make sure Ike and their two children ...

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12 March 2021

How to deal with grief on Mother’s Day

While Mother’s Day is a lovely celebration for many, it can cause a tidal wave of grief for those who have lost their own mother figure, or for mothers who have lost a baby or ch...

Wales Manifesto, Senedd building

01 March 2021

Manifesto Priorities for Welsh Parliament Elections 2021

Death and dying have never been higher on the public’s agenda than through the Covid-19 pandemic. Hospice UK is calling on the next Welsh Government to ensure that care for peopl...

28 January 2021

Dr Rachel Clarke on Covid-19: “Everybody who dies is precious and loved”

Palliative care doctor and author Rachel Clarke has released her latest book:Breathtaking – Inside the NHS in a time of pandemic, detailing her experiences of working on the fron...

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24 November 2020

“If grief is treated it will heal, otherwise you can never move on

When Alison Nightingale became depressed, she didn’t realise it was because she hadn’t processed the grief of losing several members of her family more than a decade earlier. H...