More research is urgently needed to improve the mental health of young people during and after cancer treatment and improve their access to clinical trials, concludes a new study published
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said hospices will receive a £25 million funding boost to help alleviate frontline pressures. The announcement follows a reception hosted by the Prime Minister in
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A Downton Abbey star has delivered a petition to Downing Street, demanding changes to the benefits system for people living with terminal illness. Jim Carter, who plays butler Charles Carson
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Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease accounted for more than a tenth of the registered deaths in England and Wales in 2018, new figures show. Last year saw the highest number of
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A severely disabled man who communicated by blinking and persuaded a judge to let him leave hospital and go home to his mother has died, lawyers have said. Mr Justice
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A guide for deathbed etiquette is being launched to help people prepare for the final moments of their loved ones’ lives. Experts from The Art Of Dying Well, a support
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A “made-up policy fudge” is bringing significant financial hardship to terminally ill people struggling to access benefits, according to a report. The Government’s definition of terminal illness as when a
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The head of NHS England has been challenged over a decision not to publish a report which revealed concerns about children’s cancer care in London. The February 2015 report by
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Children’s hospices in England are facing a “dangerous cocktail” of rising costs and a decline in state funding, a charity has said. The long-term future of centres which support families
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The Duchess of Cambridge has called children’s hospices a “heart-warming example to us all” in a letter marking the start of Children’s Hospice Week. Kate is the royal patron of
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