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12 March 2021

How to deal with grief on Mother’s Day

While Mother’s Day is a lovely celebration for many, it can cause a tidal wave of grief for those who have lost their own mother figure, or for mothers who have lost a baby or ch...

Wales Manifesto, Senedd building

01 March 2021

Blaenoriaethau Maniffesto ar gyfer Etholiadau’r Senedd 2021

Ni fu marwolaeth a marw erioed yn uwch ar agenda'r cyhoedd na thrwy bandemig Covid-19. Mae Hospice UK yn galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru nesaf i sicrhau bod gofal i bobl sy'n profi marwol...

Wales Manifesto, Senedd building

01 March 2021

Manifesto Priorities for Welsh Parliament Elections 2021

Death and dying have never been higher on the public’s agenda than through the Covid-19 pandemic. Hospice UK is calling on the next Welsh Government to ensure that care for peopl...

28 January 2021

Dr Rachel Clarke on Covid-19: “Everybody who dies is precious and loved”

Palliative care doctor and author Rachel Clarke has released her latest book:Breathtaking – Inside the NHS in a time of pandemic, detailing her experiences of working on the fron...

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24 November 2020

“If grief is treated it will heal, otherwise you can never move on

When Alison Nightingale became depressed, she didn’t realise it was because she hadn’t processed the grief of losing several members of her family more than a decade earlier. H...

Children's Grief Awareness Week UK

19 November 2020

How art can help children express grief

Emily Gray, art therapist at Saint Francis Hospice in Essex, tells us how art has been helping to relieve children’s feelings of loss and isolation during the pandemic.