Latest news from Hospice UK

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05 February 2020

A new collaboration between Marie Curie and Helpforce on end of life care volunteers

Hospice UK responds to new collaboration between Marie Curie and Helpforce on end of life care volunteers

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11 January 2020

A call by charities for the Government to take action on benefit delays

Hospice UK responds to call by charities for the Government to take urgent action on benefit delays for dying people

The congregation at the 2019 Hospice UK Christmas Carol Service

18 December 2019

Hospice UK Christmas Carol Service is great success

Oscar-winning actor Jim Broadbent, actresses Alison Steadman OBE and Fiona Dolman and TV presenter Sir Martyn Lewis CBE were among the celebrity readers at Hospice UK’s Christmas...

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11 December 2019

Our response to new research on Advance Care Planning

Hospice UK responds to new study highlighting that advance care planing could be linked to longer survival in terminally ill patients.

Group photo of the winners of the Hospice UK Awards 2019

21 November 2019

Inspiring winners of the Hospice UK 2019 awards

A ground-breaking comedy night held in a hospital during Dying Matters Week to raise awareness about end of life care and a project which helped widen participation in gardening at...

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20 November 2019

Japanese Maple, the farewell poem of Clive James

After being diagnosed with leukaemia and emphysema in 2010, the writer and broadcaster Clive James said that his terminal diagnosis led him to "start saying goodbye" through his po...