Tag Archives: end-of-life

The next government must make high quality cancer care a priority during, and after, the upcoming general election

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Julia Manning

Guest Blog by Ellie Rose, Public Affairs Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support There are now 2.5 million people living with cancer in the UK. By 2020, this is estimated to rise to 3 million. And by the end of next year … Continue reading →

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GPs discussing death should not be taboo

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Julia Manning

Blogpost from Daily Mail, 19th October 2012 Dame Cicely Saunders is ranked alongside Aung San Suu Kyi, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandella in former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s book ‘Courage: Eight Portraits’. Dame Cicely spent eleven years … Continue reading →

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The answer to a difficult life is not murder

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Julia Manning

I posted this at the Daily Mail Online yesterday – since when a judge has decided that the case can be heard in court. As the leader in the Telegraph commented, “momentous moral issues such as this must always be … Continue reading →

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