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Katie Hart

18 June 2020

On the frontline: “Patients feel robbed of time with their families, I’m here to reassure them”

Katie Hart has been a nurse at Wigan & Leigh Hospice since 2017. As a member of the Hospice Nurse Specialist team she cares for some of the most vulnerable patients in the comm...

Marco Quasimodo and his Grandad

22 November 2021

Remembering Bambi, my grandad and hero

Marco Quasimodo remembers his grandad and tells us how St Catherine’s Hospice in Crawley supported his family at the time it was needed most.

Jay loved football and was a very likeable man

27 July 2023

‘Shine like the stars’: Jo and Jay’s story

Jo and Jay were leading a happy life with their two sons when Jay started having trouble swallowing food. What followed tested their resolve in unimaginably difficult ways. This is...

Round wooden table set with a cafetiere, cup, jug, plate and a plant in a pot

Commercial catering services

How a commercial catering service can help provide a sustainable source of income for hospices.

A Dying Matters supporter explains why celebrating and upholding her Grandad’s culture was an important decision for the family when he was nearing the end of his life

05 May 2025

We wanted to celebrate Grandad’s culture when he was dying

A Dying Matters supporter explains why celebrating and upholding her Grandad’s culture was an important decision for the family when he was nearing the end of his life.

Female nurse taking care of a senior man

Implementing a nurse preceptorship programme

Rainbows Hospice developed a preceptorship programme to support newly qualified nurses.