News items on the front page of the website4 March 2010 Together with hospices across the country, Help the Hospices is a member of the Dying Matters coalition and we are supporting its work. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/dying-matters-week-2010/Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:49:03 GMT20104905044903Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:45:44 GMT20104504014544Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:31:23 GMT201031050431234234418 February Health Secretary Andy Burnham today set out his aspirations for a decisive shift in the NHS to provide more care in people’s homes. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/vision-for-more-home-care/Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:12:39 GMT20101218041239Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:52:03 GMT20105218035203Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:11:59 GMT201011180411594208813 February 2010 The Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA) has warned of the huge challenges facing the palliative care sector. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/ageing-population/Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:51:39 GMT20105115045139Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:24:20 GMT20102415122420Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:51:35 GMT20105115045135417478 February 2010 In a speech at the King’s Fund, Prime Minister Gordon Brown today pledged that every cancer patient will be offered one-to-one care and support by a specialist nurse if Labour is elected. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/response-labour-pledge/Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:29:19 GMT20102915042919Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:13:58 GMT20101308051358Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:29:16 GMT20102915042916413244 February 2010 Palliative care community provides vital support following Haiti earthquakehttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/haiti-response/Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:26:49 GMT20102604102649Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:50:08 GMT20105003045008Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:26:45 GMT2010260410264541221A Service of Thanksgiving celebrating the life and work of the founder of Sheffield’s St Luke’s Hospice, Professor Eric Wilkes, will be held at Sheffield Cathedral on 13 February 2010.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/eric-wilkes-service/Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:39:26 GMT20103912023926Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:27:19 GMT20102712022719Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:39:23 GMT201039120239233970321 December 2009 The Conservatives announce that they intend to extend emergency fund for children’s hospices and introduce fairer funding for adult hospice care.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/conservative-pledge-hospice-funding/Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:24:03 GMT20102425022403Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:21:43 GMT20092122042143Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:24:01 GMT20102425022401393883 December 2009 A group of specialist palliative care charities, including Help the Hospices, are delighted to have received funding from the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) to further their work. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/palliative-care-transition-partnership-receives-421000/Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:24:10 GMT20092408102410Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:10:57 GMT20091003021057Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:24:07 GMT20092408102407379003 September 2009 Joint statement about the Liverpool Care Pathway: from National Council for Palliative Care and Help the Hospices.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/liverpool-care-pathway-joint-statement/Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:52:01 GMT20095201015201Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:06:05 GMT20090606110605Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:51:58 GMT20095101015158358717 October 2009 Universal access targets for HIV care doomed to fail says African Palliative Care Association. Care and support for people affected by HIV and AIDS, including patients and their families, consists to a large degree of palliative care, yet no African countries will achieve universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support by the 2010 deadline set by the United Nations in 2005, according to the African Palliative Care Association (APCA). World Hospice and Palliative Chttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/world-hospice-and-palliative-care-day-hiv-doomed-to-fail/Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:35:34 GMT20093505013534Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:57:16 GMT20095709105716Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:35:11 GMT200935050135112690423 September 2009 Help the Hospices welcomes the publication by the Director of Public Prosecutions of interim policy guidance on prosecutions around cases of assisting suicide. Also includes a statement from Help the Hospices.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/guidance-on-assisted-suicide/Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:51:00 GMT20095120115100Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:46:59 GMT20094623034659Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:50:57 GMT20095020115057254173 September 2009 Help the Hospices response to coverage following publication of letter in the Daily Telegraph 3 September 2009 (Sentenced to death on the NHS - Patients with terminal illnesses are being made to die prematurely under an NHS scheme to help end their lives, leading doctors have warned)http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/help-the-hospices-responds-to-telegraph-coverage/Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:48:05 GMT20094803044805Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:27:07 GMT20092703042707Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:48:01 GMT200948030448012431221 August 2009 Journalist Nick Ran has been following five people with terminal illness as they journey towards the end of life. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/living-with-dying/Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:29:33 GMT20092925102933Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:20:19 GMT20092025102019Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:29:30 GMT200929251029302368429 July 2009 Independent Hospices Cymru (IHC), the voice of independent hospices providing care to the people of Wales, welcomed the announcement by Minister Edwina Hart [Tuesday 28 July 2009] of the allocation of £4 million Welsh Assembly Government funding for hospices and palliative care services across Wales. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/welsh-assembly-funding-for-hospices/Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:23:08 GMT20102325022308Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:50:39 GMT20095030115039Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:23:05 GMT201023250223052292815 July 2009 Help the Hospices welcomes the Department of Health’s first annual progress report on the End of Life Care Strategy, but is concerned the additional investment may not be getting through to support its aims.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/extra-investment-must-get-through/Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:28:52 GMT20092808102852Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:18:24 GMT20091815111824Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:28:50 GMT20092808102850215213 July 2009 A small group of avid walkers have completed all 72 miles of The Cumbria Way to raise money for Help the Hospices with help from Eden Valley Hospice in Carlisle. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/cumbria-trek/Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:42:11 GMT20094217024211Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:07:15 GMT20090703030715Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:42:05 GMT200942170242052122630 June 2009 Our response to the current situation with regards to swine flu, guidance and updates.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/flu-advice-update/Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:17:24 GMT20091727101724Fri, 01 May 2009 10:55:59 GMT20095501105559Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:17:19 GMT200917271017191962723 June 2009 Members of the Welsh Assembly will be debating on Wednesday 24 June a motion urging the Assembly Government to increase its funding and support for hospices in Wales.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/welsh-government-urged-to-work-more-closely-with-hospices/Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:07:03 GMT20090706100703Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:42:29 GMT20094225044229Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:07:00 GMT200907061007002101913 May 2009 Help the Hospices, the leading charity representing and supporting hospice care throughout the UK, welcomes the Public Accounts Committee report on care at the end of life, which was published today (Thursday May 14). http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/pac-report-end-of-life-care/Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:32:18 GMT20093208103218Wed, 13 May 2009 16:43:29 GMT20094313044329Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:32:15 GMT20093208103215200995 May 2009 Launch of the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA), a new global action network designed to focus exclusively on hospice and palliative care development worldwide. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/wpca-launch/Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:33:15 GMT20093308103315Wed, 06 May 2009 11:52:50 GMT20095206115250Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:33:12 GMT200933081033121982924th April 2009 - Caroline Spelman's Palliative Care Bill. Second reading of the private members bill.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/palliative-care-bill/Fri, 29 May 2009 14:43:12 GMT20094329024312Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:48:24 GMT20094824044824Fri, 29 May 2009 14:43:10 GMT200943290243101916023 April 2009 Postman aims to deliver new world record – running London Marathon tied to 29 people http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/interlinked-marathon-runners/Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:33:51 GMT20093308103351Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:21:11 GMT20092124022111Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:33:47 GMT200933081033471915324 March 2009 Results from research funded by a group of UK charities including Help the Hospices in response to the House of Lords’ 2005 select committee report on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill will be published on Wednesday 25 March in Palliative Medicine magazine. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/doctors-against-assisted-dying/Fri, 29 May 2009 14:42:47 GMT20094229024247Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:32:14 GMT20093224043214Fri, 29 May 2009 14:42:43 GMT200942290242431769617 March 2009 Help the Hospices Silver Jubilee celebrated with a Royal event for hospice care hosted by Her Majesty The Queen and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh at St James's Palace on 16 March 2009. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospice-royal-event/Fri, 29 May 2009 14:33:57 GMT20093329023357Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:33:39 GMT20093318053339Fri, 29 May 2009 14:33:54 GMT20093329023354175449 March 2009 Help the Hospices winners in corporate partnerships category at Third Sector Awardshttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/getinvolved/fundraising/companies/news/help-the-hospices-wins-third-sector-award/Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:59:25 GMT20095913025925Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:07:37 GMT20080720050737Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:59:22 GMT2009591302592213482Details of the Carers Week 2009, Help the Hospices contribution, and the Carers Week survey.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/carers-week-2009/Fri, 29 May 2009 14:37:56 GMT20093729023756Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:27:34 GMT20092713062734Fri, 29 May 2009 14:37:50 GMT200937290237501745503/03/2009 A new survey with 86 independent hospice charities in the UK show that a third are struggling to raise enough money in the current economic downturn.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospices-in-the-recession/Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:27:07 GMT20092703052707Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:09:27 GMT20090903010927Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:27:04 GMT200927030527041701316 February 2009 Midcounties Co-operative has chosen Help the Hospices and eleven local hospices as it's charity of the yearhttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/midcounties-co-op-helps-hospices/Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:28:31 GMT20092806102831Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:48:43 GMT20094817024843Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:28:28 GMT2009280610282816608The Government has promised £30 million for children's end of life care needs as part of the new Child Health Strategyhttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/government-money-for-childrens-end-of-life-care/Fri, 08 May 2009 15:32:19 GMT20093208033219Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:21:33 GMT20092112042133Fri, 08 May 2009 15:32:17 GMT200932080332171651511/02/2009 Clydesdale & Yorkshire Bank celebrate one year of their partnership with Help the Hospices with £390,000 raisedhttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/cy-bank-one-year-anniversary/Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:48:27 GMT20094824054827Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:32:22 GMT20093217023222Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:48:23 GMT200948240548231660723 January 2009 Help the Hospices response to The NHS Constitutionhttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/response-to-the-nhs-constitution/Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:36:40 GMT20103612113640Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:04:05 GMT20090423040405Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:36:36 GMT201036121136361607408/01/2009 Abbey announces new partnership with Help the Hospices as their charity of the yearhttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/abbey-backs-help-the-hospices/Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:16:46 GMT20091624041646Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:43:33 GMT20094323034333Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:16:43 GMT200916240416431607126/11/2008 Help the Hospices comment on the first ever National Audit Office report on End of Life Care in the UK. http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/nao-report/Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:37:20 GMT20093724053720Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:43:20 GMT20084326104320Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:37:15 GMT2009372405371513563Summary of the Help the Hospices and Forum of Chairmen of Independent Hospices conference 2008 http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/joint-conference-a-success/Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:14:45 GMT20091424041445Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:00:41 GMT20080014100041Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:14:40 GMT2009142404144013296New project launched between NCVO and Help the Hospices to help hospices plan for the future.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/new-partnership-between-ncvo-and-help-the-hospices/Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:34:18 GMT20093424033418Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:23:26 GMT20082317032326Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:34:15 GMT200934240334151337922/11/2008 The Commission for the Compact in partnership with Help the Hospices has published new research looking at the vital relationship between charitable hospices and NHS Primary Care Trusts and focusing on how well the Compact is being implemented in relation to supportive and palliative care.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/new-research-study-on-the-relationship-between-hospices-and-primary-care-trusts/Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:39:14 GMT20093924053914Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:01:55 GMT20080102110155Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:39:11 GMT200939240539111189211 October 2008 Thousands of people in more than 70 countries throughout the world will be staging concerts and hosting other events to mark World Hospice and Palliative Care Day this Saturdayhttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hollywood-star-calls-for-hospice-care-as-a-human-right/Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:10:49 GMT20091008101049Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:19:48 GMT20081902121948Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:10:46 GMT200910081010461189306/10/2008 Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health visits St Michael’s Hospice on St Michael’s Day http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/health-secretary/Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:29:45 GMT20092924052945Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:05:55 GMT20080506120555Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:29:41 GMT200929240529411122428/08/2008 Audit Scotland has published a report into palliative care in Scotlandhttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/audit-scotland/Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:23:37 GMT20092324052337Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:59:36 GMT20085912045936Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:23:33 GMT200923240523338232Welcome to our new websitehttp://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/new-website/Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:51:50 GMT20095124055150Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:00:29 GMT20080002090029Tue, 24 Feb 2009 17:51:46 GMT20095124055146118955 August 2009 Thousands of people around the world will be coming together to sing, dance, perform, recite poetry and speak out to raise awareness and funds for hospice and palliative care services across the globe on October 10 2009.http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/world-hospice-and-palliative-care-day-2009/Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:13:15 GMT20091308101315Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:46:26 GMT20094605034626Tue, 08 Dec 2009 10:13:06 GMT2009130810130623083