palliative care

Groundbreaking Academy Launched to Strengthen Hospice, Palliative Care Workforce

Groundbreaking Academy Launched to Strengthen Hospice, Palliative Care Workforce

The UK’shttps://careledger.co.uk first dedicated Hospice and Palliative Care Academy has been launched in the North West, marking a major step forward in developing and sustaining the future workforce for end-of-life care. The Hospice and Palliative Care Academy has been created through the Lancashire and South Cumbria Hospices Together (LSCHT) partnership, bringing together the University of […]

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UK Must Learn Lessons From Abroad on Assisted Dying Capacity – Nuffield Trust

MPs and MSPs could risk creating an inaccessible assisted dying system unless they fully account for the scale of funding, staffing and infrastructure needed to deliver it, the Nuffield Trust has warned. A new report from the health policy think tank, which takes no position for or against legalisation draws on evidence from 15 countries

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Sandstone Expands in North with Acquisition of 60-Bed Cumbria Care Home

Sandstone Expands in North with Acquisition of 60-Bed Cumbria Care Home

Sandstone Care Group has announced the acquisition of Dalton Court Care Home, a 60-bed facility located in Cockermouth, Cumbria. The home provides specialist nursing care, dementia support, palliative services, end of life care, and short-term respite for adults of all ages. Dalton Court also supports individuals under 65 who are living with early onset dementia

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