Resources: New DVDs help staff understand the Mental Capacity Act
Two new DVDs from the National Council for Palliative Care aim to help staff better understand key parts of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA). This in turn will improve the
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Rio Ferdinand praised for ‘inspiring’ account of losing wife to cancer
Rio Ferdinand has been widely praised for giving a powerful account of losing his wife Rebecca to cancer and raising their three children without her. She died aged 34 in
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Poor end of life care taints memories of loved ones for 35% of bereaved people
A third of bereaved people claim the quality of end of life care their loved one received jeopardised their happy memories of that person, a new poll has found. Charity
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King’s Fund warn vulnerable patients suffering in pain due to NHS rationing
Patients are suffering in pain due to NHS rationing, which is affecting access to community nurses and hip operations, a new report says. People at the end of their life
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Health & care workers urged to do more to ask dying people about spiritual beliefs
Health and care workers looking after dying people in their final days must do more to ask about spiritual beliefs, experts have said. Spiritual wishes were only documented for one
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Researchers find heavy reliance on hospices amid postcode lottery in end-of-life care
Dying people are being left with inadequate round-the-clock pain relief and poor access to specialist help, according to new research. They are caught in a postcode lottery which affects whether
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New education and training framework launched for end-of-life care workforce
Skills for Health, Health Education England and Skills for Care have today announced a new End of Life Care Core Skills Education and Training Framework, with the aim of providing
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Two-thirds of nurses struggle to find time to care properly for the dying
Many nurses feel they are too busy to give dying patients high-quality care, a new poll suggests. Two-thirds of nurses from across the UK felt they were not given sufficient
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Edge Hill partnership with hospice sees transforming effect in end-of-life care
Edge Hill University and Southport’s Queenscourt Hospice have launched a module to teach professionals and those delivering frontline services how to provide the best possible state-of-the-art care. Over 25 professionals
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Calls to tackle late stage cancer diagnoses in Wales
Too many people are being diagnosed with cancer at a late stage, according to a report into services for sufferers in Wales. The Welsh Government’s 2016 Cancer Annual Report, which
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