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Dying Matters

The impact of nursing shortage on end of life care - our response

Our response to a survey highlighting impact of nursing shortage on end of life care.
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Dying Matters

Britons want to sort out practical matters, tick off ‘bucket list’ items

Over half (56%) of British adults would focus on getting their financial and practical matters in order if they knew they had just 12 months to live.
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Dying Matters

Glittering Gala Dinner helps raise funds for Hospice UK

TV presenter Gloria Hunniford, former Conservative Party leader and Hospice UK Vice President, the Rt. Hon Lord Howard of Lympne and his wife Lady Sandra Howard and actress Richend...
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Dying Matters

“Jenga-like” funding model undermining capacity of hospices

Rapidly rising service costs and an increasingly precarious “Jenga-like” funding model are creating financial pressures for many of the UK’s charitable hospices.
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Anita Almond
Hospice care stories

How hospices make a difference: Anita's story

Mother-of-two Anita Almond was just 47 when diagnosed with ovarian cancer.
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Stephen, who has been supported by the team at St Clare Hospice
Hospice care stories

How hospices make a difference: Stephen's story

When Stephen started feeling unwell, he went to his doctor. What they found would change his life.
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