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Press release

21 July 2026

Hospice UK welcomes new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Hospice UK congratulates Yvette Cooper on her appointment as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.

Press release

24 June 2026

Hospices warn of rising patient needs as calls grow for sustainable funding in Wales

Hospices across Wales are warning of growing pressure on their staff as new survey findings show they are caring for patients with increasingly urgent and complex needs, at a time ...

2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the National Garden Scheme’s support of Hospice UK. We’ll be celebrating the immense impact of their funding, and showing how the partnership has bloomed since 1996

17 June 2026

Hospice UK celebrates 30 years of National Garden Scheme support

2026 marks the 30th anniversary of the National Garden Scheme’s support of Hospice UK. We’ll be celebrating the immense impact of their funding, and showing how the partnership...

Press release

15 June 2026

New attempt launched to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales

A new attempt to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has been launched, with Labour MP, Lauren Edwards, planning to bring back an identical Bill to the one passed by the H...

Press release

12 June 2026

Hospices can help tackle corridor care

Figures published yesterday show more than 90,000 cases of corridor care were recorded in English NHS hospitals in May - an average of 3,000 per day.

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Hospice Thought Leadership

11 June 2026

What has social prescribing got to do with palliative care?

Dr Chloe Tuck, researcher at the Wilkes Institute, St Luke’s Hospice, explores the potential for social prescribing and palliative care to work more closely together.

Find out a grant from the National Garden Scheme enabled Katie Grieg drive innovation in her work as Head of Lymphoedema Services at Butterfly House Hospice.

10 June 2026

“My mum holds an open garden – I had no idea I'd benefit”

Find out a grant from the National Garden Scheme enabled Katie Grieg drive innovation in her work as Head of Lymphoedema Services at Butterfly House Hospice.