Browsing: Hospices

England’s first modern hospice, set up with the aim of improving the quality of life of terminally ill people, opened as a charity in south-east London…

Hospices in England are cutting hundreds of beds and staff because of a funding crisis, despite a sharp rise in demand for palliative care, a damning…

Hospices are “on the brink” and two in five are making cuts this year despite the importance of end-of-life care if assisted dying becomes legal, the…

My friend Anne Merriman, who has died aged 90, was a pioneering doctor and founder of the Hospice Africa charity, which aims to offer “palliative care…