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Selina Rogers, Urgent Care, St Luke's Plymouth.

On The Frontline

06 November 2020

“The second lockdown will be tough, but we’ll keep going for our patients”

Selina Rogers is a Healthcare Assistant with the Urgent Care Service run by St Luke’s Hospice Plymouth in partnership with Marie Curie.

Sunil Modi-Nichols and family

Hospice care stories

04 November 2020

“The hospice cared for my husband’s emotional and physical needs”

Sunil Modi-Nichols was referred to North London Hospice in 2019 after living with heart disease for a number of years. He had spent five years trialling both new and existing treat...

Together For Short Lives

03 November 2020

Together for Short Lives launches live chat for families feeling isolated

Together for Short Lives has launched a live chat service for families with terminally ill children who are worried about Covid-19.

30 October 2020

On the frontline: “Listening to patients’ stories is a privilege"

Liz Maitland is the Chaplain at Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice in West Yorkshire. She has worked at the hospice for 11 years, providing spiritual support to patients, families, carer...

St Christopher's Hospice young people's summer school

28 October 2020

The course inspiring young people to support others at the end of life

St Christopher’s Hospice in south east London have been running a summer school for young people interested in end of life care for the last six years.

Jane Harris

27 October 2020

Grief & Covid: “Don’t try to find answers”

It was a decade ago when Jane Harris and her partner Jimmy Edmonds lost their 22-year-old son Josh in a road accident, while he was travelling through south east Asia.