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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with frontline workers sitting outside

24 June 2020

Grief counselling from Hospice UK available for all frontline workers

Individual grief trauma counselling from Hospice UK will be available for all frontline workers with support from the Royal Foundation.

Dr Leigh Vallance

24 June 2020

Ending inequalities in end of life care: “We must listen to the lived experiences of oppression”

Earlier this month Public Health England published a report confirming that people belonging to black and ethnic minority groups are more at risk from coronavirus. As part of our s...

Haven House Children's Hospice

23 June 2020

"Watching Ronnie improve every day has brought real hope”

Haven House Children’s Hospice in Essex has been supporting Ronnie and his mum Kim since arriving from the paediatric intensive care unit at Evelina Children’s Hospital in mid-...

Queenscourt Hospice

23 June 2020

“There is an absolute need for end of life care and education in this pandemic”

When Covid-19 began to take hold, a postgraduate course in palliative and end of life care was quickly adapted to provide the now crucial skills of caring for and communicating wit...

Occupational Therapy

22 June 2020

How occupational therapy helps change lives

Claire Dudbridge, 39 years, is an Occupational Therapist (OT) at ellenor in Gravesend. She supports patients and families living with life limiting illnesses such as cancer, chroni...

Xanthe and Otto

22 June 2020

Children’s Hospice Week: Caring for families during Covid-19

To mark Children’s Hospice Week, East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) is highlighting the difficulties faced by the families it cares for during the Covid-19 pandemic.