Palliative Care News

The National Rural Health Alliance says public and private hospitals need to co-operate to deliver palliative services to remote areas.

In this Dec. 15, 2008 file photo a patient is nursed in the hospice at the AIDS Care Training and Support Initiative at White River Junction, South Africa.

As demand for palliative care grows, the need for medical providers with special training is growing, too.

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Former Health Services Commissioner Beth Wilson AM is Jon Faine's co-host. She is the new Patron of the CFA , continuing to speak out about things which are often left unsaid.

The sun shone over the first ever Rainbow Run yesterday, which included a colourful surprise as runners passed five checkpoints.

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Members of the panel at the community forum on palliative care pictured left to right; Gerry Latham, director of clinical services, St.

The Fair Work Ombudsman is to take part in the Pregnancy, Babies & Children's Expo later this week .

Members of David Winker's family were on hand last week as Niagara Hospice and the Schoellkopf Health Center at Niagara Falls Memorial announced that the new hospice unit will be named David's Path.

A PCSO who swapped pounding the streets of Cheadle to climb the world's tallest mountain has returned from his challenge.

St Luke's Cheshire Hospice's retail and operations manager Steven Holmes , lottery and promotions manager, Claire Langston, and nurse Diane Collins with some of the leaflets they claim Royal Mail failed to deliver ST LUKE'S Hospice in Winsford is blaming the Royal Mail for non-delivery of a newsletter which it claims has led to a funding shortfall.

This participatory celebration will include music, singing, candle lighting, naming of those who have died, time for sharing of favorite memories, a place for displaying photographs and weaving of memories and prayers, additional commemorative rituals and the lighting and release of sky and water lanterns.

Research presented today at Digestive Disease Week explores new discoveries in liver disease research, with findings about the impact of coffee on autoimmune disease and palliative care for cirrhotic patients.

With the prevalence of chronic diseases rapidly increasing in Africa, expanding palliative care will be essential to help patients live with dignity.

A pilot project recently trained staff in two nursing homes and Charlottetown's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

A cancer sufferer who planned to do a charity trek with her friend sadly died before she could take part.

BE AWARE: Dr Simon Challand, palliative care consultant, Sonia Spurr, CCG partnerships and projects officer, Eve Richardson, project chief executive, and Mary Fisher, palliative care nurse.

Weil has been executive director at Hospice of North Idaho for a decade, increasing the number of patients, growing assets and adding programs, including Idaho’s first inpatient hospice center, according to The Chaplaincy.

The new Mayor of Diss has vowed to keep the town in the forefront of people's minds as he took over the mantle from outgoing mayor Graham Minshull.