Around 750,000 extra bereavements happened during the coronavirus pandemic, a report suggests – but there are “huge gaps” in formal support for people dealing with loss. The pandemic had a
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A businessman living with incurable cancer is working on a new book which he plans to give free to others with the disease. Kevin Donaghy, from the Scottish borders, is
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A paediatric nurse has praised the “good being done every day” at the UK’s children’s hospices after completing a 3,200-mile cycle between every centre in just 70 days. After visiting
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A senior doctor has told a High Court judge she does not know whether there are other cases similar to one in which a seriously ill baby started trying to
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Archie Battersbee has died in hospital after weeks of legal battles. The 12-year-old had been in a coma since he was found unconscious by his mother Hollie Dance in April
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Archie Battersbee’s parents have lost a High Court bid to have him transferred to a hospice before his life-sustaining treatment is withdrawn. The 12-year-old has been in a coma since
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The mother of Archie Battersbee has vowed to fight for her son “til the bitter end” as the family wait to hear from the European Court of Human Rights after
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Archie Battersbee’s parents have lost a Supreme Court bid to delay the withdrawal of his life-sustaining treatment pending a review of his case by a UN committee. The 12-year-old has
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Archie Battersbee’s life support will be terminated on Tuesday after a last-ditch bid for the withdrawal of the 12-year-old’s treatment to be further postponed was rejected by the Court of
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A 19-year-old woman who had a “very complex condition” which included a “severe eating disorder” has died two months after a judge ruled that doctors could lawfully stop providing her
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