Three new cancer drugs have been given the go-ahead for routine use in Scotland, the Scottish Medicines Consortium has announced. Lung cancer drugs Osimertinib (Tagrisso) and Atezolizumab (Tecentriq) were cleared
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A father has told how his family were called in around four times to say a final goodbye to his cancer patient daughter as she fought an infection he suspects
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A charity has warned of a “hidden crisis” of people dying at home without sufficient support, pain relief or dignity and a shortage of nurses to provide palliative care. One
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A young boy with cancer was kept in cell-like isolation in a “filthy” Glasgow hospital after his mother started asking questions about cleanliness and infections in the water, an inquiry
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A patient told an inquiry her cancer treatment was stopped early as she contracted an infection from water used in an operating theatre, leaving her “worried and scared”. Stevie-Jo Kirkpatrick,
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A new five-year children’s cancer strategy which aims to deliver “world class care” for young patients has been launched. The blueprint, the first specifically for children and young people, contains
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Nursing shortages in the UK have left more than half a million people with cancer either unsupported or not supported enough, a charity has said. Macmillan Cancer Support is calling
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Doctors can lawfully stop providing life-support treatment to a severely disabled 14-year-old boy, a High Court judge has ruled. Mr Justice Cobb concluded that a move to palliative care is
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Matt Hancock has endorsed the idea of setting up a “What Works” centre to gather evidence on the quality of palliative care in the UK and inform debate around assisted
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The palliative care sector is at “serious risk” of collapse if the Government does not commit an extra £313 million a year to end its funding crisis, a leading provider
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