Palliative Care

MPs to vote on assisted dying bill in England and Wales

Labour MP for Spen Valley, Kim Leadbeater, will seek to introduce a Private Members’ Bill to enable assisted dying for…

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Dignity donates £25k to emergency fund for seriously ill children

National funeral director and crematorium operator, Dignity, has donated £25k to an emergency cost-of-living fund for families of seriously ill…

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Funeral directors organise nine-mile night walk for hospice

Funeral directors from Dignity’s branches in Portsmouth, Havant and Gosport are set to take part in a socially-distanced charity walk…

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Funeral arranger launches country single to raise money for hospice

A funeral arranger and award-nominated country music artist aims to raise thousands of pounds for an Eastbourne hospice with the…

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Funeral planning platform launches death card game

Industry award-nominated life and funeral planning platform, Huunuu, has expanded its range of tools to enable “crucial conversations” around death,…

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Rowland Brothers hosts child bereavement seminars

A total of 250 teachers, police family liaison officers, social workers and associated care professionals attended two days of seminars…

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Deathbed discussions

Greg Wise has been shot, drowned, hanged and stabbed in the course of his acting career.  But he has learned…

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Soapbox: AOIC

In his monthly column, the executive chairman of the Association of Independent Celebrants, Philip Spicksley, looks at the organisation’s close…

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New report provides recommendations for specialist palliative care

A new report examines the role of specialist palliative care in providing support to care homes in England. It was commissioned…

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NCPC and Hospice UK boards agree to begin process of merger

On Wednesday 29 March, the trustee boards of both Hospice UK and the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) agreed…

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