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Help the Hospice Conference Bournemouth

I was fortunate to attend the conference in Bournemouth where the final commissioned report was presented which pulls together an enormous amount of work looking at the needs of the population and the demand for palliative care and end of … Continue reading

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Help the Hospice and Marie Curie Collaboration

Recently I joined a group of people from Help the Hospice, Marie Curie and other hospices to present areas of collaboration and explore what makes collaboration useful.  It was a very useful session  

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New Board and Trustees

On the 10th July we had our first new Board meeting following the recent reviews.  We were delighted to welcome David Burland from Help the Hospice to discuss future strategies for hospice in the changing environment we find ourselves in.  … Continue reading

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Help the Hospice

On Wednesday I joined a number of other senior staff from Hospices around the country met with Help the Hospices to discuss commissioning changes within the NHS. A toolkit is to become available for hospices to help them look at … Continue reading

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Help the Hospice – Facing the Future

Last Thursday the Chairman and I attended the East of England session with Help the Hospice on ‘facing the future’ There were session on the proposed changes in Health and Social Care, and explored the opportunities and issues for Hospices … Continue reading

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Text SANTA

Sunday night saw me glued to the TV to watch txt Santa. I am so proud that one of our patients Kelly-Anne has chosen to tell her story to help raise money for Help the Hospices. We only saw snippets … Continue reading

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Help the Hospice

Also on Tuesday  I met David Burland from Help the Hospices. We discussed strategic direction for hospices,and current issues and policies affecting hospices. It was very helpful and I appreciate the time David took to coming out to meet me … Continue reading

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Help the Hospice Conference

On Monday, alongside some other staff from the Hospice (Bob x 2, Yvonne, Katy, Jane, Caroline and Paul) I attended the bi annual Help the Hospice conference in Bournemouth.  It was excellent.  I particularly enjoyed the session from Tim Harford … Continue reading

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Help the Hospice – Karen Lynch

On Thursday I met with Karen Lynch from the policy team of Help the Hospice, who came out to Saint Francis to discuss how can we help Hospice’s prepare for the changes in the NHS.  It will be important for … Continue reading

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Help the Hospice

I am delighted that Saint Francis Hospice has been selected as part of the Help the Hospice Board Governance Development programme. Last week I had a helpful discussion with Fiona Ash Principal Consultant and visiting Fellow CASS (Centre for Charity … Continue reading

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