Publications and Resources

This working paper considers the potential areas that will demand education and training related to end of life care in the future and the opportunities available to hospices to respond.

This publication outlines challenges facing both child and adult palliative care services in supporting young people as they move from children’s to adults’ services and provides guidance to support these transitions.

This report demonstrates how hospices are missing out in the national fundraising arena. Hospice fundraising is strong where it is rooted in communities but the report confirms lost opportunities when it comes to not taking advantage of the economies of scale that come from a national operation.

The Commission into the Future of Hospice Care asked patients, families and carers to complete a postcard which asked two questions to help understand what is special and different about the care they received in their local hospice.

This thought piece for the Commission into the Future of Hospice Care reflects on the potential future of the role of a clinical nurse specialist delivering end of life care in the community.

This thought piece to inform the work of the Commission into the Future of Hospice Care highlights the potential for hospices to contribute to meeting the needs of people with end-stage dementia.