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28 July 2025

Hospice UK featured in BBC Radio 4 Appeal

Jo Brand tells the story of Sam and Rob for the BBC Radio 4 Appeal.

Scottish parliament

25 July 2025

Hospice UK responds to £5m Scottish hospice funding announcement

Hospice UK responds to news that hospice staff in Scotland are to receive pay equal to their NHS counterparts, following a £5 million funding commitment from the Scottish Governme...

Press release

20 July 2025

£75m of additional funding allocated to hospices

£75m of additional funding allocated to hospices

Husband Andy and wife Gill together at Ellenor

Hospice care stories

10 July 2025

How hospice care helped one man care for the wife Alzheimer's was taking away

Gill has Stage 6 Alzheimer’s; for Andy, it meant the loss of their old life together.

Press release

03 July 2025

Hospice UK responds to the 10 Year Plan for the NHS in England

Hospice UK response to the Government's 10 Year Plan for the NHS in England

Alison Steadman and Hospice UK at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Hospice care stories

02 July 2025

'The hospice were there for her': in conversation with Alison Steadman

Join beloved actor Alison Steadman in conversation with Hospice UK’s Director of Income Generation, Catherine Bosworth, at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025.

hospice patient receiving rehabilitation care at garden house

Hospice care stories

24 June 2025

"Maybe there is some purpose to life in the end" - Roger's experience with Garden House Hospice care

Roger Russell is 92 and lives with his wife Valerie in Hitchin. As well as his role as devoted husband of 69 years, Roger has been Val’s primary carer for the last five years - c...