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St Helena Hospice

15 June 2020

Essex charities partner to meet increased need for bereavement support

St Helena Hospice provides its bereavement support to anybody who has been bereaved, regardless of how or where their loved one has died. When someone is referred to the service, t...

Havens Hospice Shop

15 June 2020

Hospice charity shops reopen with new safety measures

Hospice charity shops begun to reopen today, after being closed for almost three months while the country has been in lockdown. In line with Government guidance the shops have put ...

Mike and Julie Burdon

12 June 2020

Carers and Coronavirus: “For me, life has stopped”

Unpaid carers are facing unprecedented struggles due to the lockdown and the closure of services caused by the Coronavirus outbreak. To mark Carers’ Week, Treetops Hospice Care i...

Barry Morgan

12 June 2020

On the frontline: “Covid-19 has made it hard, but we’re as compassionate with our care as always”

Barry Morgan is the Community Palliative Care Team leader at Arthur Rank Hospice Charity in Cambridge, leading the charity’s Hospice at Home team. Here he tells ehospice about pr...

Fair Havens' hospice at home

11 June 2020

Hospice at Home service increases capacity to support patients and carers during Covid-19

A Hospice at Home service in Essex has increased its capacity since the Coronavirus pandemic began, making additional home visits to prevent unwanted hospital admissions and provid...

Bridget Moss

11 June 2020

How a hospice education team responded to the Covid-19 crisis

Bridget Moss, Head of Education at Saint Francis Hospice in Essex, tells ehospice about meeting the new educational needs that have emerged as a result of Covid-19.