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Supporting prisoners at the end of life

Rini Jones, Policy Advocacy Officer at Hospice UK, writes about providing adequate end of life care to the UK’s growing prison population.
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Coronavirus and hostel living

Niamh Brophy from St Ann's Hospice and Alison Colclough from St Luke's Hospice, write about the challenges of delivering end of life care to homeless people during the Covid-19 pan...
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Caring for people with a learning disability

People with a learning disability frequently experience inadequate end of life care. Gemma Allen from Mary Stevens Hospice tells us about changing this.
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Breaking the taboo of sex and disability

Hospice UK has co-produced an interactive tool aiming to break taboos around the sexuality of young adults with life-limiting conditions.
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A gay man’s perspective of opening up hospice care

A volunteer at St Catherine’s Hospice in Preston has spoken about his experience of the charity after his husband was diagnosed with renal cancer.
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Why do we need a London Hospice LGBT Network?

Dallas Pounds, Chief Executive at Royal Trinity Hospice, talks about the importance of founding the first London Hospice LGBT Network.
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