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How hospices care for people in their communities

This week we’re hosting an event in Parliament to show MPs the incredible work hospices do - and what support they need to make sure they can be there for everyone who needs them...
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Response to new national service specification for palliative and end of life care in Wales

Hospice UK's response to the launch of the Welsh Government’s national service specification for palliative and end of life care services in Wales
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Hospice UK unveils plan for hospice funding in England

Hospice UK is launching a new four point plan for fair funding for hospices, as it releases data revealing that 57% of hospices ended the last financial year in deficit, with 20% r...
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Jeanette Hogg is the Lead Admiral Nurse at Hospice Isle of Man - she received funding from a Wolfson Foundation Professional Development grant via Hospice UK to undertake vital training in Dementia Studies
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Challenge, improve and change: Jeanette’s Wolfson Funding

Jeanette Hogg, Lead Admiral Nurse at Hospice Isle of Man, shares how her professional development grant from the Wolfson Foundation made a difference to her dementia practice.
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Myths about hospice care
Hospice care stories

Seven things you didn’t know about hospice care: Nurses bust myths this Hospice Care Week

This Hospice Care Week (6-12 October), hospice nurses across the UK are lifting the lid on what hospice care is really like, and sharing the moments that make their work so powerfu...
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Hospice care stories

How hospice care helps Barbara live life her way

Barbara is 81 and lives on her narrowboat in Milton Keynes. She’s being supported by our Willen at Home nurses to stay on her boat, as she wishes, and live as well as possible wi...
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