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<title>Help the Hospices supports The Morphine Manifesto</title>
<description>3 February 2012 To mark World Cancer Day 2012, Help the Hospices is joining forces with leading organisations from around the world to support The Morphine Manifesto.</description>
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<title>New film highlights global crisis in access to pain relief</title>
<description>2 February 2012 Help the Hospices is today highlighting the global crisis in access to pain relief by hosting the UK premier of film LIFE Before Death</description>
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<title>Participants sought for photography project</title>
<description>30 January 2012 Participants are being sought for a photography project to tie-in with this year&#39;s Dying Matters Awareness Week, from 14 to 20 May 2012.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/participants-sought-for-photography-project/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
<category>Death And Dying (Culture/History)</category>
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<title>Response to research by Cicely Saunders Institute on dying at home</title>
<description>19 January 2012 David Praill, chief executive of Help the Hospices, responds to new research by the Cicely Saunders Institute, published in the journal Palliative Medicine, which reveals that the number of people dying in their own homes is rising.</description>
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<dc:creator>Emily Rosselli</dc:creator>
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<title>Text Santa raises over &#163;600k for hospice care</title>
<description>17 January 2012 Help the Hospices is delighted by today&#39;s announcement that the appeal raised an incredible &#163;4.1m</description>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>The Football League calls on fans to join Arch to Arc bike ride for Help the Hospices</title>
<description>9 January 2012 The Football League is calling on football fans to represent their club in a bike ride for Help the Hospices, linking two of Europe&#39;s most iconic landmarks - Wembley Stadium and the Arc de Triomphe.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/the-football-league-calls-on-fans-to-join-bike-ride/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Help the Hospices responds to the Commission on Assisted Dying report</title>
<description>5 January 2012 David Praill, chief executive of Help the Hospices, the UK charity for hospice care, comments on the publication of the final report from the Commission on Assisted Dying, chaired by Lord Falconer and hosted by think tank DEMOS.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/help-the-hospices-responds-to-the-commission-on-assisted-dying-report/</link>
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<dc:creator>Emily Rosselli</dc:creator>
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<title>Families share experiences of hospice care for Text Santa</title>
<description>23 December 2011 Kelly Ann Seery and her family from Essex were one of the families who wanted share their experiences of hospice care for Text Santa.</description>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Daybreak pays a surprise visit to children&#39;s hospices</title>
<description>19 December 2011 In support of the Text Santa appeal, ITV&#39;s breakfast show Daybreak is travelling the length of the UK to deliver presents to families receiving hospice care.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/daybreak-surprise-visit/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Three hundred Santas descend on Kensington Gardens</title>
<description>12 December 2011 Three hundred Santas descended on one of central London&#39;s most spectacular royal parks, helping to raise around &#163;20,000 for Help the Hospices</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/three-hundred-santas-descend-on-kensington-gardens/</link>
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<dc:creator>Emily Rosselli</dc:creator>
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<title>Help the Hospices to benefit from Text Santa</title>
<description>9 December 2011 Help the Hospices is delighted to be one of the causes benefiting from ITV&#39;s major new charity initiative for Christmas, Text Santa.</description>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Palliative care workforce crisis</title>
<description>8 December 2011 Help the Hospices shares the concerns highlighted by the National Council for Palliative Care&#39;s Specialist Palliative Care Workforce Survey</description>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banks raise &#163;2 million for hospice care</title>
<description>6 December 2011 A partnership between one of Britain&#39;s high street banks and Help the Hospices, the charity for hospice care, has raised  &#163;2 million.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/clydesdale-and-yorkshire-banks-raise-2-million-for-hospice-care/</link>
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<title>Michael Howard and Greg Clarke visit St Joseph&#39;s Hospice</title>
<description>5 December 2011 Michael Howard and Greg Clarke have visited St Joseph&#39;s Hospice to celebrate The Football League&#39;s Official Charity Partnership with Help the Hospices.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/michael-howard-and-greg-clarke-visit-st-josephs-hospice/</link>
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<title>NICE publishes new end of life care quality standard</title>
<description>2 December 2011 As the charity for hospice care, Help the Hospices welcomes the new quality standard for end of life care for adults.</description>
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<dc:creator>Emily Rosselli</dc:creator>
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<title>Dates announced for Hospice Care Week 2012</title>
<description>30 November 2011 Hospice Care Week will return next year from Monday 8 October to Sunday 14 October.</description>
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<title>Hospices welcome Chancellor&#39;s measure on VAT</title>
<description>29 November 2011 Help the Hospices welcomes today&#39;s announcement that charities will from next summer be exempt from paying VAT on shared services.</description>
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<title>Commission into the Future of Hospice Care</title>
<description>24 November 2011 With the UK hospice sector facing uncertain and challenging times, national charity Help the Hospices has set up a new commission to consider the future of hospice care.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/commission-future-of-hospice-care/</link>
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<title>Santa joins the commute</title>
<description>22 November 2011 A team of off-duty Santa Clauses braved the daily commute through Waterloo station this morning, to launch The Santa Fun Run for Help the Hospices.</description>
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<title>The Santa Fun Run is coming to central London</title>
<description>7 November 2011 The Santa Fun Run on Sunday 11 December will help raise vital funds for Help the Hospices, the charity for hospice care.</description>
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<title>Social care engagement event</title>
<description>7 November 2011 Tomorrow we will host an engagement event with the Department of Health as part of the &#39;Caring for our future&#39; exercise which examines the future reform of social care.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/our-services/running-your-hospice/policy/news/social-care-engagement-event/</link>
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<title>Response to think tank&#39;s vision for hospice care</title>
<description>1 November 2011 As the charity for hospice care, Help the Hospices welcomes the publication of the Bow Group&#39;s recent report, &#39;Hospice care  a framework for the future&#39;.</description>
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<title>Cap on charity shops could seriously impact hospice care</title>
<description>27 October 2011 As the charity for hospice care, Help the Hospices would be concerned to see any proposal to limit the work of charity shops in the High Street Review, which is being led by Mary Portas.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/cap-on-number-of-charity-shops-could-seriously-impact-hospice-care/</link>
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<title>Hospice Care Week is resounding success</title>
<description>26 October 2011 This year, hospices marked World Hospice and Palliative Care Day by launching the hospice sector&#39;s first ever awareness week, which dispelled myths about hospice care.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospice-care-week-is-resounding-success/</link>
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<title>Help the Hospices responds to Department of Health&#39;s strategic vision for volunteering</title>
<description>17 October 2011 The hospice sector has responded to the Department of Health&#39;s strategic vision for volunteering in health and social care.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/help-the-hospices-responds-to-strategic-vision-for-volunteering/</link>
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<title>Hospices reveal most common special requests from patients</title>
<description>10 October 2011 The most common special request from terminally ill hospice patients is to see a pet or animal, according to a poll of hospice staff by Help the Hospices.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospices-reveal-most-common-special-requests-from-patients/</link>
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<title>42% of countries have no provision for palliative care</title>
<description>8 October 2011 A new study by the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance finds that, out of the world&#39;s 234 countries, only 136 have one or more hospice or palliative care services available to seriously ill people and their families and carers.</description>
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<title>Response to announcement on personal health budgets</title>
<description>4 October 2011 Help the Hospices responds to today&#39;s announcement by the Health Secretary that personal health budgets will be rolled out to people who receive NHS Continuing Healthcare</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/personal-health-budgets/</link>
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<title>Howard Webb shows support for Hospice Care Week</title>
<description>4 October 2011 Football referee Howard Webb has visited Bluebell Wood Children&#39;s Hospice to celebrate The Football League&#39;s support for Hospice Care Week (8 to 14 October).</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/howard-webb-shows-support-hospice-care-week/</link>
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<title>Hospices urge public to say &#39;no&#39; to new health lottery</title>
<description>30 September 2011 Local hospices are encouraging members of the public to turn their backs on the new Health Lottery.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/new-health-lottery/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Hospice innovators recognised at national awards</title>
<description>27 September 2011 Hospices have been recognised for their innovative work at the first Help the Hospices and NGS Awards.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospice-innovators-receive-national-awards/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Future funding for palliative care must be secured, says hospice sector</title>
<description>26 September 2011 Future funding for palliative care must be secured, says hospice sector</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/future-funding-for-palliative-care-must-be-secured-says-hospice-sector/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Hospices to benefit from ITV1&#39;s new Christmas initiative</title>
<description>22 September 2011 Help the Hospices is delighted to announce that the hospice sector will benefit from ITV1&#39;s major new charity initiative for Christmas, Text Santa.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/itv1-new-christmas-initiative/</link>
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<title>Hospices launch first ever Hospice Care Week</title>
<description>22 September 2011 Help the Hospices is joining forces with local hospices cross the UK to launch the sector&#39;s first ever annual awareness week.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/first-ever-hospice-care-week/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Hospice and palliative care celebrated around the world</title>
<description>22 September 2011 To mark World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2011, thousands of people will be coming together celebrate, support and speak up about hospice and palliative care.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospice-and-palliative-care-celebrated-around-the-world/</link>
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<title>The Football League celebrates Hospice Care Week</title>
<description>22 September 2011 The Football League is celebrating Hospice Care Week (8 to 14 October), as part of its official charity partnership with Help the Hospices, the national charity for hospices.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/football-league-celebrates-hospice-care-week/</link>
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<title>Response to parliamentary report on future of cheques</title>
<description>24 August 2011 Help the Hospices welcomes the Treasury Select Committee&#39;s report on the future of cheques, published today</description>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Donate a Day campaign boosts hospice volunteering</title>
<description>ITV Daybreak&#39;s &#39;Donate a Day&#39; campaign has returned this summer, encouraging viewers to join the millions of people who volunteer for charities, including hospices.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/donate-a-day-campaign-boosts-volunteering/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:10:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mascott race kicks off partnership</title>
<description>26 July 2011 Twenty colourful football mascots competed in a 100m race, to kick-off The Football League&#39;s charity partnership with Help the Hospices.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/mascots-kick-off-football-league-partnership/</link>
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<title>The Football League launches partnership</title>
<description>18 July 2011 The Football League has teamed up with national charity Help the Hospices for the 2011/12 season, giving millions of Football League fans across England and Wales the chance to make a difference for people with life-limiting illnesses and their families.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/football-league-pitches-in-hospices/</link>
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<title>Hospices celebrate victory for cheques</title>
<description>12 July 2011 Help the Hospices is delighted that the UK Payments Council has decided that cheques should continue for as long as customers need them.</description>
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<title>Wolfson Foundation invests in future of hospice care</title>
<description>7 July 2011 The Wolfson Foundation has made a welcome investment into the future of hospice care, by pledging &#163;250,000 a year towards training for front-line palliative care staff for the next three years.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/wolfson-invests-in-hospice-care/</link>
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<title>Social care reform long overdue</title>
<description>4 July 2011 Help the Hospices welcomes the Dilnot Commission&#39;s report into the funding of social care.</description>
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<title>Response to the Palliative Care Funding Review</title>
<description>1 July 2011 Help the Hospices welcomes the publication of the Palliative Care Funding Review.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/palliative-care-funding-review/</link>
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<title>Hospice volunteers win The Queen&#39;s Award for Voluntary Service</title>
<description>Hospices across the UK have been awarded The Queen&#39;s Award for Voluntary Service, recognising the valuable services that hospice volunteers have delivered to their local communities.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospice-volunteers-win-queens-award/</link>
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<title>Hospices delighted by u-turn on abolition of cheques</title>
<description>16 June 2011 Help the Hospices is delighted that the UK Payments Council has confirmed that it will delay the phase out of cheques until a suitable alternative is found.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/u-turn-abolition-of-cheques/</link>
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<title>St Christopher&#39;s Hospice launches End of Life Journal</title>
<description>15 June 2011 St Christopher&#39;s Hospice has launched End of Life Journal  a new, free, online and peer-reviewed quarterly journal.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/hospice-launches-new-end-of-life-journal/</link>
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<title>Response to NHS Future Forum report</title>
<description>13 June 2011 We welcome the NHS Future Forum&#39;s report and urge the government to consider their recommendations.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/nhs-future-forum-report/</link>
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<title>Response to Terry Pratchett documentary</title>
<description>13 June 2011 David Praill, chief executive of Help the Hospices, comments on BBC Two&#39;s documentary on assisted dying &#39;Terry Pratchett: Choosing to die&#39;</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/terry-pratchett-documentary/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<category>Front page</category>
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<title>Care needs to be personal</title>
<description>6 June 2011 In a letter published in today&#39;s Times, Help the Hospices chief executive David Praill calls for our care system to be personalised.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/care-needs-to-be-personal/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<category>Press Releases</category>
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<title>Hospice care needs collaboration, not competition</title>
<description>31 May 2011 In its response to the NHS Listening Exercise on NHS reforms, Help the Hospices calls for the health and social care bill to promote collaboration rather than competition.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospice-care-needs-collaboration-not-competition/</link>
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<category>Policy </category>
<category>News</category>
<category>Press Releases</category>
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<title>Dr Hilary volunteers for hospice</title>
<description>A TV campaign urging people to donate their time to charity has given a boost to hospices. Dr Hilary Jones volunteered for Hospiscare Exeter this week as part of a campaign called &#39;Donate a Day&#39; on ITV Daybreak.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/dr-hilary-volunteers-for-hospice/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<category>Press Releases</category>
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<title>Giving White Paper</title>
<description>23 May 2011 The coalition government have published a Giving White Paper, which outlines plans to make it easier and more attractive to give time and money to good causes.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/our-services/running-your-hospice/policy/news/giving-white-paper/</link>
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<category>Policy </category>
<category>News</category>
<category>Front page</category>
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<title>Help the Hospices receives grant from Newman&#39;s Own Foundation</title>
<description>20 May 2011 Help the Hospices has received a &#163;6,000 grant from Newman&#39;s Own Foundation.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/newmans-own-foundation/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Health minister conducts listening exercise at hospice</title>
<description>18 May 2011 Care services minister Paul Burstow today listened to what hospice patients, staff and volunteers had to say about the Government&#39;s planned health reforms.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/health-minister-listening-exercise/</link>
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<category>News</category>
<category>Press Releases</category>
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<title>Dying Matters Week 2011</title>
<description>We need to talk about dying with our loved ones to make dying well a natural part of life and improve end of life experience.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/dying-matters-week-2011/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
<category>Content</category>
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<category>News</category>
<category>Front page</category>
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<title>Help the Hospices welcomes BBC programme about dying</title>
<description>12 May 2011 Tonight BBC One&#39;s Inside the Human Body series will show the death of an 84-year-old man. In advance of the broadcast, Help the Hospices is calling for more to be done so everyone can achieve a &#39;good death&#39;.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/bbc-decision-to-broadcast-the-death/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:59:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<category>Press Releases</category>
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<title>Hospice funding put at risk by abolition of cheques</title>
<description>5 May 2011 Help the Hospices is concerned that the proposed abolition of cheques will have serious implications for the UK&#39;s independent hospice sector.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/abolition-of-cheques/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Sun shines on Help the Hospices marathon runners</title>
<description>18 April 2011 Nearly two hundred people took London in their stride on Sunday to raise money for Help the Hospices, completing the gruelling 26.2 miles of the Virgin London Marathon in the early summer sunshine.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/sun-shines-on-marathon-runners/</link>
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<title>NGS helps to grow world-class workforce in local hospices</title>
<description>13 April 2011 The National Gardens Scheme is helping to grow a world-class workforce in hospices across the country through a partnership with Help the Hospices.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/ngs-world-class-workforce/</link>
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<category>Hospice And Palliative Care </category>
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<title>Hospices celebrate completion of capital projects</title>
<description>1 April 2011 Hospices across the UK are this month celebrating the opening of new in-patient units, day care centres and gardens, which have all been completed thanks to a &#163;40 million investment by the Department of Health.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospices-celebrate-projects/</link>
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<title>Michael Howard launches groundbreaking HIV publications</title>
<description>29 March 2011 In his role as chairman of Help the Hospices, Lord Howard has launched two groundbreaking publications on improving quality of life for people living with and affected by HIV.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/michael-howard-launches-hiv-publications/</link>
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<title>Hospice grants wedding wish</title>
<description>17 March 2011 A man with Motor Neurone Disease has married the love of his life thanks to St Francis Hospice, who arranged the perfect white wedding for the couple.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospice-wedding/</link>
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<title>Great-grandmother skydives for hospice care</title>
<description>17 March 2011 A great-grandmother, 82, who is terrified of heights, has jumped out of a plane to raise funds for Help the Hospices.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/great-grandmother-skydives/</link>
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<category>Challenge Events</category>
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<title>Unstoppable athlete bounces back</title>
<description>11 March 2011 Robbie Higgins, an unstoppable marathon runner, has bounced back from a major injury for the second time to support hospice care</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/unstoppable-athlete-bounces-back/</link>
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<title>Is the regulation of hospices stifling the big society?</title>
<description>10 March 2010 Jonathan Ellis argues that some of the best examples of the Big Society, hospices, are being stifled by government regulations.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospices-and-the-big-society/</link>
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<title>Hospice sector concern over GP consortia</title>
<description>7 March 2011 One in four GPs lack confidence to give dying patients the information they need.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/gp-consortia/</link>
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<title>Morrisons raise &#163;1.3 million for hospice care</title>
<description>1 March 2011 Morrisons staff take a fresh look at hospice care to celebrate &#163;1.3 million charity partnership</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/morrisons-raise-a-million/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Response to Dispatches: Secret NHS diaries</title>
<description>1 March 2011 Help the Hospices response to the Dispatches programme on end of life care</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/response-to-dispatches/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Asbestos ruling recognises true value of hospice care</title>
<description>25 February 2011 Help the Hospices responds to asbestos case ruling.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/asbestos-ruling/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Health reforms and hospice care</title>
<description>Dr Daniel Poulter highlights the challenges and opportunities health reforms pose for hospices</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/our-services/running-your-hospice/policy/news/health-reforms-and-hospice-care/</link>
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<title>Social Care Engagement</title>
<description>2 December 2011 Help the Hospices submitted a response to the Department of Health&#39;s engagement exercise &#39;Caring for Our Future&#39; which will feed into a white paper expected to be published in April 2012</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/our-services/running-your-hospice/policy/news/social-care-engagement/</link>
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<title>Help the Hospices appoints national clincial lead</title>
<description>13 January 2011 From the 1 April 2011 Dr Heather Richardson PhD, currently clinical director of St Joseph&#39;s Hospice in Hackney, will be joining us as national clinical lead.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/national-clincial-lead/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<title>Teens team up with Chris de Burgh for hospice care</title>
<description>21 December 2010 Two teenage boys who raised more than &#163;80,000 in memory of their mother have recorded one of her favourite songs with Chris de Burgh.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/teens-team-up-with-chris-de-burgh/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<category>Front page</category>
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<title>New generation of hospice leaders graduate</title>
<description>15 December 2010 This week, 12 leaders in hospice care will become the first to graduate with a Masters in Hospice Leadership.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospice-leaders-graduate/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<title>Hospice care inspires charity single by 80s pop icons</title>
<description>7 December 2010 This week, a Christmas charity single has been released by 1980s singer Hazel O&#39;Connor to raise funds for Myton Hospice and Help the Hospices, inspired by the care given to her mother.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/charity-single/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Morrisons helps hospice patients celebrate Christmas at home</title>
<description>7 December 2010 Help the Hospices is urging Christmas shoppers at Morrisons to spare some change for hospices, which will provide care for thousands of patients in their own home this December.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/morrisons-helps-hospice-patients/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>State funding for palliative care still not getting through</title>
<description>5 December 2010 A national survey published today finds that nearly 30% of hospices have had their statutory funding cut this year.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/state-funding-for-palliative-care/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Response to launch of Commission on Assisted Dying</title>
<description>30 November 2010 Help the Hospices comments on the launch of the Commission on Assisted Dying, chaired by Lord Falconer and hosted by the think tank Demos</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/commission-on-assisted-dying/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<title>Vote for Football League charity for 2011/12</title>
<description>17 November 2010 Help the Hospices has been short listed as one of the charities to benefit from the Football League&#39;s charity of the season 2011/12 and we need your help!</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/vote-help-the-hospices/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<category>Front page</category>
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<title>Response to government vision for social care</title>
<description>16 November 2010 Help the Hospices responds to the government&#39;s vision for social care as set out by today by Social Care Minister Paul Burstow</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/response-to-the-governments-vision-for-social-care/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<category>Help the Hospices</category>
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<title>Help the Hospices responds to Demos&#39; Dying for Change report</title>
<description>14 November 2010 Dying for Change, the independent report published today by Demos and commissioned by Help the Hospices, provides an important contribution to the ongoing debate about how to give everyone nearing the end of life the care they need, regardless of their circumstances.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/dying-for-change-report/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Lord Howard new Chair of Help the Hospices</title>
<description>11 November 2010 Michael Howard, former Home Secretary and leader of the Conservative Party, will take on the role of chairman of Help the Hospices</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/lord-howard-chair/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Remember and celebrate lives with Light up a Life</title>
<description>2 November 2010  The Light up a Life appeal for hospice care is a chance for thousands of people of all ages to celebrate the life of someone they loved at hundreds of events taking place right across the UK.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/remember-and-celebrate-lives-with-light-up-a-life/</link>
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<dc:creator>Caroline May</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<category>Front page</category>
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<title>Help the Hospices response to spending review</title>
<description>20 October 2010 Help the Hospices welcomes increase of &#163;2 billion for social care, but fears it may not reach vulnerable people at the end of life</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/help-the-hospices-response-to-spending-review/</link>
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<dc:creator>Caroline May</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<category>Help the Hospices</category>
<category>Front page</category>
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<title>Clinical leadership at Help the Hospices</title>
<description>13 October 2010 Help the Hospices is looking to appoint two new national clinical leads who together will provide an authoritative national voice able to participate in and influence key national strategic discussions.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/clinical-leadership-at-help-the-hospices/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<title>World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2010</title>
<description>9 Ocotber 2010 This World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA) is highlighting how building partnerships and sharing the care can improve the quality of life for even the most vulnerable and marginalised people living with a life-limiting or terminal illness.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/world-day-2010/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Cadbury Dairy Milk supports Help the Hospices</title>
<description>19 July 2010 As part of its Charity of the Year partnership with Help the Hospices, Morrisons has teamed up with Cadbury Dairy Milk to raise money for hospice care.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/cadbury-supports-help-the-hospices/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Morrisons partnership raises &#163;300,000 in three months</title>
<description>16 July 2010 In just three months Morrisons colleagues and customers have raised an incredible &#163;300,000 for hospice care.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/morrisons-partnership-success/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>UK leads the world in quality of death</title>
<description>14 July 2010 The UK is the best in the world at supporting people at the end of life, according to a report published today by the Economist Intelligence Unit.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/uk-leads-world-in-quality-of-death/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Help the Hospices response to NHS white paper</title>
<description>12 July 2010 Secretary of State for Health Andrew Lansley today set out the Government&#39;s plans to reform the NHS through The White Paper &#39;Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS&#39;</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/response-to-nhs-white-paper/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Hospices welcome government commitment to review funding</title>
<description>9 July 2010 Jonathan Ellis, director of policy at Help the Hospices, welcomes today&#39;s announcement that the government is to review palliative care funding</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/government-commitment-to-funding/</link>
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<title>Government backs &#163;40 million improvements to hospices</title>
<description>17 June 2010 Capital grants to UK hospices promised in the last few months of Labour&#39;s administration have been reconfirmed as part of the coalition government&#39;s review of spending commitments made by the previous government since January 2010.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/government-back-hospice-grant/</link>
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<title>Carers need a life of their own</title>
<description>Help the Hospices is delighted to be one of seven national charities supporting Carers Week and championing the need for carers to have a life of their own.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/carers-week/</link>
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<title>End of life guidance welcomed</title>
<description>20 May 2010 Help the Hospices welcomes the General Medical Council&#39;s (GMC) latest guidance on end of life decision-making.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/gmc-guidance/</link>
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<title>Morrisons stores go yellow for hospice care</title>
<description>The supermarket Morrisons has chosen Help the Hospices, the leading charity supporting hospice care throughout the UK, as its Charity of the Year.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/morrisons-stores-go-yellow/</link>
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<title>Hospices runners take London in their stride</title>
<description>26 April 2010 Congratulations to the 203 runners who completed the gruelling 26.3 miles of the Virgin London Marathon to raise money for Help the Hospices.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/hospices-runners/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Sussex Hospices call for fairer funding</title>
<description>22 April 2010 The chief executives of the eight adult hospices that serve Sussex have jointly called for their funding relationship with the Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) to more accurately reflect their costs.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/sussex-hospices-call-for-fairer-funding/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>eBay guide for hospice retailers</title>
<description>22 April 2010 Help the Hospices and MissionFish, eBay&#39;s partner charity, have joined forces to produce a publication to help hospice retailers maximise their sales using eBay.co.uk  the UK&#39;s largest online marketplace.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/ebay-guide/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>&#163;40 million boost for hospice care</title>
<description>2 April 2010 People nearing the end of their lives will benefit from better quality care, more dignity and more privacy, thanks to a &#163;40 million Department of Health grant. Care Services Minister Phil Hope today announced the 123 hospices that will benefit from the funds.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/boost-for-hospice-care/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Response to social care white paper</title>
<description>Hospices are a major provider of social care and as the leading charity supporting hospice care throughout the UK, Help the Hospices welcomes the intention behind the government&#39;s white paper on social care.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/response-social-care-white-paper/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Access to pain medicines across Europe</title>
<description>16 March 2010 Help the Hospices is part of a new consortium set up to identify and remove barriers across Europe that prevent people from accessing medicines that could improve end of life care.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/pain-medicines/</link>
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<dc:creator>Zoe Grumbridge</dc:creator>
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<title>Hospices welcome vision for more care at home</title>
<description>18 February Health Secretary Andy Burnham today set out his aspirations for a decisive shift in the NHS to provide more care in people&#39;s homes.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/vision-for-more-home-care/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Palliative care faces challenges from ageing populations</title>
<description>13 February 2010 The Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance (WPCA) has warned of the huge challenges facing the palliative care sector.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/ageing-population/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Response to Labour pledge</title>
<description>8 February 2010 In a speech at the King&#39;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.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/response-labour-pledge/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Palliative care community response to Haiti</title>
<description>4 February 2010 Palliative care community provides vital support following Haiti earthquake</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/haiti-response/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Service of Thanksgiving for St Luke&#39;s Hospice founder</title>
<description>A Service of Thanksgiving celebrating the life and work of the founder of Sheffield&#39;s St Luke&#39;s Hospice, Professor Eric Wilkes, will be held at Sheffield Cathedral on 13 February 2010.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/eric-wilkes-service/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>New Year, new challenge</title>
<description>4 January 2011 Help the Hospices is offering the perfect way to keep new year resolutions and help hospices at the same time.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/new-year-new-challenge/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Help the Hospices welcomes Conservative pledge</title>
<description>21 December 2009 The Conservatives announce that they intend to extend emergency fund for children&#39;s hospices and introduce fairer funding for adult hospice care.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/conservative-pledge-hospice-funding/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Palliative care transition partnership receives &#163;421,000</title>
<description>3 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.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/palliative-care-transition-partnership-receives-421000/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Joint statement about the Liverpool Care Pathway</title>
<description>3 September 2009 Joint statement about the Liverpool Care Pathway: from National Council for Palliative Care and Help the Hospices.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/liverpool-care-pathway-joint-statement/</link>
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<title>HIV care doomed to fail</title>
<description>7 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 C</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/world-hospice-and-palliative-care-day-hiv-doomed-to-fail/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Guidance on assisted suicide</title>
<description>23 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.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/guidance-on-assisted-suicide/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
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<title>Help the Hospices responds to Telegraph coverage</title>
<description>3 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)</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/help-the-hospices-responds-to-telegraph-coverage/</link>
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<title>Living with dying</title>
<description>21 August 2009
Journalist Nick Ran has been following five people with terminal illness as they journey towards the end of life.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/living-with-dying/</link>
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<title>Funding for Welsh Hospices</title>
<description>29 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 &#163;4 million Welsh Assembly Government funding for hospices and palliative care services across Wales.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/welsh-assembly-funding-for-hospices/</link>
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<dc:creator>Jack Garfinkel</dc:creator>
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<title>Extra investment must get through</title>
<description>15 July 2009

Help the Hospices welcomes the Department of Health&#39;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.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/extra-investment-must-get-through/</link>
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<title>Cumbria trek</title>
<description>3 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.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/cumbria-trek/</link>
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<dc:creator>Bansree Takodra</dc:creator>
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<title>Flu advice update</title>
<description>30 June 2009 
Our response  to the current situation with regards to swine flu, guidance and updates.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/flu-advice-update/</link>
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<dc:creator>Ann-Louise Mulhall</dc:creator>
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<title>Welsh Government urged to work more closely with hospices</title>
<description>23 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.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/welsh-government-urged-to-work-more-closely-with-hospices/</link>
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<title>Public Accounts Committee report</title>
<description>13 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).</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/pac-report-end-of-life-care/</link>
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<title>Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance launches</title>
<description>5 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.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/wpca-launch/</link>
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<category>Overseas</category>
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<title>Palliative Care Bill</title>
<description>24th April 2009 - Caroline Spelman&#39;s Palliative Care Bill. Second reading of the private members bill.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/palliative-care-bill/</link>
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<category>Parliamentary</category>
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<title>Marathon runners aim for world record</title>
<description>23 April 2009 
Postman aims to deliver new world record  running London Marathon tied to 29 people</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/interlinked-marathon-runners/</link>
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<title>Doctors against assisted dying</title>
<description>24 March 2009
Results from research funded by a group of UK charities including Help the Hospices in response to the House of Lords&#39; 2005 select committee report on the Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill will be published on Wednesday 25 March in Palliative Medicine magazine.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/doctors-against-assisted-dying/</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 14:53:44 GMT</pubDate>
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<category>Help the Hospices</category>
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<title>Hospice royal event</title>
<description>17 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&#39;s Palace on 16 March 2009.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospice-royal-event/</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 14:33:57 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Help the Hospices wins Third Sector award</title>
<description>9 March 2009 
Help the Hospices winners in corporate partnerships category at Third Sector Awards</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/getinvolved/fundraising/companies/news/help-the-hospices-wins-third-sector-award/</link>
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<title>Carers Week</title>
<description>Details of the Carers Week 2009, Help the Hospices contribution, and the Carers Week survey.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/carers-week-2009/</link>
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<title>Hospices in the recession</title>
<description>03/03/2009 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.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hospices-in-the-recession/</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:27:07 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Midcounties Co-op loves hospices</title>
<description>16 February 2009 Midcounties Co-operative has chosen Help the Hospices and eleven local hospices as it&#39;s charity of the year</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/midcounties-co-op-helps-hospices/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:28:31 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>&#163;30 million for children&#39;s palliative care</title>
<description>The Government has promised &#163;30 million for children&#39;s end of life care needs as part of the new Child Health Strategy</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/government-money-for-childrens-end-of-life-care/</link>
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<title>Bank celebrates with hospices</title>
<description>11/02/2009 Clydesdale &amp; Yorkshire Bank celebrate one year of their partnership with Help the Hospices with &#163;390,000 raised</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/cy-bank-one-year-anniversary/</link>
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<title>Response to The NHS Constitution</title>
<description>23 January 2009 Help the Hospices response to The NHS Constitution</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/response-to-the-nhs-constitution/</link>
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<title>Abbey backs Help the Hospices</title>
<description>08/01/2009 Abbey announces new partnership with Help the Hospices as their charity of the year</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/abbey-backs-help-the-hospices/</link>
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<title>National Audit Office report on end of life care</title>
<description>26/11/2008 Help the Hospices comment on the first ever National Audit Office report on End of Life Care in the UK.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/nao-report/</link>
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<title>Joint conference a success</title>
<description>Summary of the Help the Hospices and Forum of Chairmen of Independent Hospices conference 2008</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/joint-conference-a-success/</link>
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<title>New partnership between NCVO and Help the Hospices</title>
<description>New project launched between NCVO and Help the Hospices to help hospices plan for the future.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/latest-news/new-partnership-between-ncvo-and-help-the-hospices/</link>
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<title>New research study on the relationship between hospices and primary care trusts</title>
<description>22/11/2008 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.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/new-research-study-on-the-relationship-between-hospices-and-primary-care-trusts/</link>
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<title>Hollywood star calls for hospice care as a human right</title>
<description>11 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 Saturday</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/hollywood-star-calls-for-hospice-care-as-a-human-right/</link>
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<title>Health secretary visits St Michael&#39;s Hospice</title>
<description>06/10/2008  Alan Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Health visits St Michael&#39;s Hospice on St Michael&#39;s Day</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/health-secretary/</link>
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<title>Audit Scotland</title>
<description>28/08/2008 Audit Scotland has published a report into palliative care in Scotland</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/audit-scotland/</link>
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<title>New website</title>
<description>Welcome to our new website</description>
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<title>World Hospice and Palliative Care day 2009</title>
<description>5 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.</description>
<link>http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk/media-centre/press-releases/world-hospice-and-palliative-care-day-2009/</link>
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<title>A royal visit for hospice anniversary</title>
<description>Her Royal Highness The Countess of Wessex visited St Clare Hospice in Essex to mark its 21st anniversary.</description>
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