Hospice Care Week

From sharing stories to supporting your local hospice, Hospice Care Week is a chance for us all to celebrate hospice care nationwide. 

Hospice Care Week 2022

What is Hospice Care Week?

Hospice Care Week is a chance to celebrate hospice care nationwide, and the incredible work that is being done to make sure everyone can benefit from the very best end of life care.

This year, Hospice Care Week will run from 9 - 15 October 2023. 

Anyone can get involved, by spreading the word online, or supporting your local hospice with their events and initiatives.

So whether with your local hospice, with your organisation or just with friends and family, you could show your support in Hospice Care Week.

Ellie and Kate from St Luke's Hospice, Cheshire
#HospiceCareWeek stories

We want to remove barriers to good care

Meet the hospices opening up end of life care.
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Going yellow at Wirral Hospice

Go Yellow

Will you join us in going yellow during Hospice Care Week, and raise money to support our vital work?

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Hospice Care Week stories

Read more about hospices opening up end of life care across the UK.

As part of Hospice Care Week we share a fascinating and insightful recount of life and death from Sophia, a former hairdresser turned palliative care nurse

Hospice Care in Focus: Putting dying back into living

As part of Hospice Care Week we share a fascinating and insightful recount of life and death from Sophia, a former hairdresser turned palliative care nurse.
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Hospice Care in Focus: Equality, diversity and inclusion

Hospice UK’s Hospice Care Week is an opportunity to shine a light on the incredible work of hospices across the UK in opening up end of life care for all. Over 200 hospices work ...
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Hospice Care in Focus: end of life care and homelessness - St Gemma's Hospice

Hospice Care in Focus: End of life care and homelessness

Over the past few years, St Gemma's Hospice in Yorkshire delivered a project to address end of life care for people experiencing homelessness.
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Masonic Charitable Foundation

Hospice Care in Focus: Promoting equality

Through our partnership with the Masonic Charitable Foundation (MCF, the Freemasons’ charity), St Luke's Hospice in Winsford received £22,000 towards promoting equality and incr...
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Latest from Hospice UK

The latest news and events from us here.

Lucy Watts MBE with her dog
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Hospice UK pays tribute to Lucy Watts MBE

Hospice UK is devastated to hear that Lucy Watts MBE, a tireless campaigner for palliative and end of life care, has died.
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A man in a wheelchair looks out the window with carer and a nurse behind
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Hospices facing mounting cost pressures

The cost of living crisis could have a devastating impact on hospices in the UK, and the services they provide.
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Illustration by Soofiya
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‘I Just Want to be Me’: End of life care for trans and gender diverse communities

Our new report is based on first-hand research with the trans and gender diverse community and those working in end of life care. It explores those barriers in depth for the first ...
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