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A copy of our manifesto for Scotland

24 February 2021

Hospice UK asks Scottish leaders to ensure end of life care is a priority

Hospice UK says Scottish leaders have responsibility to ensure Scots have sufficient care at the end of life, as it launches its 2021 election manifesto priorities

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24 February 2021

A valuable friendship at the end of life

Delia and Peggy met when they were matched by St Clare Hospice’s Compassionate Neighbours project. Due to Covid-19 restrictions they got to know each other over the phone, but th...

Scotland Manifesto, Scottish parliament building

24 February 2021

Manifesto Priorities for Scottish Parliament Elections 2021

As Scotland gears up for its elections this May, we have a chance to reflect and learn from COVID - and to ask how we can become a nation where everyone experiencing death, dying a...

Woman in hospital bed

18 February 2021

Supporting people with no recourse to public funds at the end of life

Ending inequalities: supporting people with no recourse to public funds at the end of life.St Christopher’s Hospice has launched a toolkit to support people at the end of life wh...

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Hospice care stories

17 February 2021

A happy occasion: patient’s grandsons are christened at hospice

When Paula, who is being cared for on the Inpatient Unit at Thames Hospice in Berkshire said she wished to see her two grandsons christened, hospice staff happily obliged.

Steven and Peter Marsden-Lloyd at their wedding

11 February 2021

“At the hospice they just saw us as Peter and Steven”

Steven Marsden-Lloyd tells us about the care St Catherine’s Hospice in Preston gave him and his husband.