Care for patients who are dying is not being prioritised by local health bodies, research suggests. End-of-life care, also known as palliative care, is only prioritised in the strategies of
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The loss of a loved one is a devastating life experience for anyone but for the 1.5 million people in the UK with a learning disability it is additionally bewildering,
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Terror survivors have called for the creation of a new fund to help attack victims and bereaved families, claiming that the current system is broken. Survivors Against Terror published a
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A crackdown on “rip-off” pre-paid funeral plan providers who prey on the vulnerable has been signalled by the Government. The Treasury is proposing bringing the sector under the regulation of
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No criminal charges will be brought in relation to the death of a two-year-old girl who was in a car that plunged into a Welsh river, police have said. Kiara
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Parents will be helped in their “darkest hours” by MP-backed moves to guarantee bereavement leave and pay for those who lose a child, the Commons has heard. Emotional scenes emerged
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A campaign is being launched to encourage people to talk about death in a bid to break the taboo of preparing for bereavement. The Co-op said it is holding the
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There have been more than 10,000 “additional deaths” in England and Wales over the first few weeks of the year, experts have said. A new editorial published in the British
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Philip Hammond has been urged to help grieving parents whose “lives are forever blighted in darkness” by establishing a children’s funeral fund. Carolyn Harris (pictured) said such a fund was
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Victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles are tired of their rights being used as a “bargaining chip” in the push to get a deal at Stormont, a campaigner has said.
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