Duncan Fleming
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13-06-2011 13:45:34
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If you can find the time to talk to patients with cancer in acute care about their goals it might help more than yet another scan. More tips in new Royal College of Physicians Acute Oncology Tool Kit UK Acute Oncology Society RCP Cymru Wales Idris Baker
Thank you Peter Gibson, for speaking up about the patchwork nature of hospice funding and the challenges hospices face. Many are feeling the effects of funding that is not keeping pace with rising costs. They need support to continue delivering vital care to people who need it.
Thank you Amol Rajan for raising the question of funding for the UK’s hospice sector with the Health Secretary today. The data Hospice UK obtained from FOIs established that almost none of the £1.5bn of extra investment into ICBs mentioned by Victoria Atkins has gone to hospices
Ten tools for change. Here is my speech which I delivered at the Bayes Business School graduation ceremonies this week. bayes.city.ac.uk/news-and-event…
Hospices are facing a devastating financial crisis because of rising staff costs which are putting services at risk. Our Chief Executive, Toby Porter (NB on Blue Sky), said the last year had seen the “worst financial results for the hospice sector in around 20 years”. dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/artic…
A new date for our important Hospice Debate in Parliament has been announced Monday 22nd April. We look forward to many colleagues speaking up on behalf of their amazing local Hospices. Hospice UK Sally-Ann Hart
In the final month of life, people often end up at A&E. As this Nuffield Trust analysis shows, better community care could offer more appropriate support. Hospices can play a big role here. But some - like St Raphael's Hospice - are having to cut back these services. It needs to change.
NEWS: The hospice charity faces a disinvestment of around 40 per cent by 2026/7. #iwnews #isleofwight #iow Mountbatten Isle of Wight iwradio.co.uk/news-post/main…
This is Trevor Fisher, an inpatient in Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridgeshire, speaking to Channel 4 News this week. I am a palliative care specialist and Trevor’s interview has devastated me. His hospice has just found out that in 6 months, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS
The government is planning a new modern service framework on #palliativecare but the final report has been delayed to the autumn and has no new money attached to it. Marie Curie says there needs to be 24/7 access to palliative care and advice Read: thetimes.com/article/7552a3…