The mother of 12-year-old Archie Battersbee has spoken of the anxiety she feels ahead of a last-minute hearing about whether life-support treatment should be withdrawn from her son just hours
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The parents of a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose state after suffering brain damage have asked the United Nations to intervene. Archie Battersbee’s mother and father, Hollie Dance and
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Doctors can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to a 12-year-old boy left in a comatose state after suffering “catastrophic” brain damage three months ago, appeal judges have ruled. Three judges
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A man who lost his grandmother to coronavirus has said free testing and other measures should never have been axed, as he reflected on the “absolutely heart-rending and tragic” milestone
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Podcaster and bowel cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James has died at the age of 40, her family has announced. In her final weeks, the presenter of the BBC podcast You,
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A new report on bereavement support for families and carers after a child’s death has made eight recommendations for improving services. Scotland has one of the highest rates of child
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A paediatric nurse will cycle over 3,200 miles in 70 days to every children’s hospice service in the UK in a bid to raise more than £500,000 to support their
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The “devastated” mother of a 12-year-old boy who was at the centre of a life-support treatment fight says relatives aim to appeal after a High Court judge ruled that the
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Thousands more terminally ill people will be able to receive vital financial support earlier under a planned rule change. The move aims to ensure those approaching the end of their
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There has been a “rapid acceleration” in the number of people dying at home in the UK, with hospices delivering almost one million “hospice-at-home” services in 2020 and 2021, a
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