Nearly £5.4 million was spent on “paupers’ funerals” by local authorities in the financial year 2017-18, a mutual insurer has found. The total cost of public health funerals across the
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The scale of homeless deaths has been branded a “national tragedy” after official estimates showed a rise of almost a quarter over five years. Some 597 people sleeping rough or
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A very sick 11-month-old girl who has spent her life in hospital should be allowed to die peacefully, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Hayden said doctors could
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People living in rural areas are less likely to survive cancer than those who live in cities, according to a new global review. Researchers examined 39 studies and found 30
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Baby loss charities are urging the NHS to improve “inconsistent and under-resourced” bereavement care for parents whose babies die shortly after they are born. A report by stillbirth and neonatal
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The risk of dying in hospital increases when nurses are replaced with nursing assistants, according to a new study. The research authors from the University of Southampton suggest that policies
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A patient in their last year of life is admitted to hospital as an emergency case every 20 seconds, a charity has said. New analysis from the terminal illness charity
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Terminally-ill Noel Conway has called on politicians to change the law on assisted dying after his legal fight to die “peacefully and with dignity” was rejected by the UK’s highest
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Actor Daniel Radcliffe is using his star power to back a moving and inspiring online appeal to raise money for children with a terminal condition this Christmas. The Harry Potter
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A terminally ill motor neurone disease sufferer who wants to die a “peaceful and dignified death” will go to the UK’s highest court in a bid to change the law
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