Health Minister, Simon Hamilton MLA has praised the new facilities on a surprise visit to the expanded Marie Curie Day Hospice at Downe Hospital, Downpatrick. During the visit the Minister
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Horizon West, the new Children’s Hospice in Fermanagh was officially opened by the Duke of Kent this week. During a tour of the hospice the Duke met with local families,
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Hospices in England are caring for and supporting people in a compassionate way at the end of their lives, according to the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Ahead of this year’s
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Children’s hospices are suffering after seeing their statutory funding frozen or slashed this year, while adult hospices are also complaining of a lack of fair and sustainable funding. Hospice UK
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The proportion of people dying in hospices in England has nearly doubled since 1993, but the gap in hospice deaths between people living in the least and most deprived areas
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The Duchess of Cambridge has lent her support to a campaign to raise awareness about the 49,000 children in the UK living with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Kate said “every
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A specialist palliative care centre in Stirlingshire has been praised by inspectors following an unannounced inspection by Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS). Inspectors said the Strathcarron Hospice in Denny was providing
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The Welsh Government will provide £3m towards the cost of a £5m, 15 bed, specialist in-patient hospice, which will be built next to the main hospice building at Blackett Avenue
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HRH The Duchess of Cambridge, who is East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) Royal Patron, will attend the launch event of the charity’s £10 million fundraising appeal to build a new
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Plymouth’s St. Luke’s day care centre, which provides support for more than 70 patients, is set to close. The decision has been made by the charity to enable it to
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