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Dying Matters

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...
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Dying Matters

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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Dying Matters

“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...
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Children's Grief Awareness Week UK
Dying Matters

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.
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Dying Matters

“Hospice bereavement support gave me the courage to enjoy life again”

Hospice bereavement group has helped a local man find his smile again following the death of his wife.
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Dying Matters

Hospice UK provides new home for Gold Standards Framework

Hospice UK joins forces and provides a new home for The Gold Standards Framework.
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