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Sue
Ryder
hospice
and
NHS
hospital
appoint
new
joint
palliative
care
role
Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice and Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have worked together to appoint Dr Brenda Ward, the new Palliative Care Consultant across both sites, in what is a first for Gloucestershire.
End-of-life care
11 Mar 2021
It’s
time
to
end
the
hospice
funding
crisis
Sue Ryder calls on the government to provide targeted support to dying people this winter.
Influencing
08 Mar 2021
“I
can’t
thank
Wheatfields
enough
for
the
amazing
care.
There
was
such
humanity,
they
genuinely
care
about
each
individual
as
a
person”
When Gemma Sisson was admitted to Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice with terminal cancer, staff made sure that she and husband Ricky could tie the knot.
End-of-life care
20 Jan 2021
Sue
Ryder
gains
support
from
cross-party
MPs
and
organisations
to
call
on
Government
to
bolster
bereavement
support
in
the
workplace
Sue Ryder gains support from cross-party MPs and organisations to call on Government to bolster bereavement support in the workplace
Campaigns
13 Jan 2021
Hospice
at
home
team
helps
keep
families
together
during
pandemic
Our Hospice at Home team at Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court Hospice have been helping keep families together at home throughout the ongoing pandemic.
End-of-life care
18 Dec 2020
Grief
in
the
workplace:
Practical
advice
from
a
bereavement
counsellor
Grief and bereavement
13 Nov 2020
“The
more
we
normalise
death,
the
healthier,
happier
and
more
helpful
we
can
be
to
ourselves
and
others
who
are
grieving”
Felicity Ward, Counsellor for Sue Ryder’s Online Bereavement Counselling service, discusses the common issues she finds in the workplace for people who have been bereaved and provides advice for line managers, employees and their colleagues on creating a supportive and understanding environment for those who have lost someone.
Grief and bereavement
11 Nov 2020
Sue
Ryder
calls
for
statutory
paid
bereavement
leave
Sue Ryder is calling on the Government to introduce two weeks statutory paid bereavement leave for all UK employees for the loss of close relative or partner after research shows workplace grief costs the UK economy £23 billion per year.*
Campaigns
09 Nov 2020
National
Lottery
Community
Fund
post
will
support
young
people
to
transition
between
children
and
adult
hospice
services
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH), Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice and Arthur Rank Hospice Charity are delighted to announce the appointment of a Transition Coordinator, helping young people to transition between children and adult hospice services.
End-of-life care
30 Oct 2020
Fears
of
“emerging
crisis”
in
nursing
with
40,000
NHS
vacancies
and
36%
of
current
workforce
considering
leaving
in
the
next
year
Nurses have played a “vital” role in caring for people during the COVID-19 outbreak despite nearly 40,000 unfilled nursing post vacancies which had already put staff and services under strain.
Influencing
22 Sep 2020