Tag Archives: palliative care

From Royal engagement to community engagement

Posted on May 16, 2013 by 2020health Guest Blogger

A guest blog post by Peter Ellis, Chief Executive of the Richard House Children’s Hospice We were delighted, if a little surprised, to welcome two television news crews to our opening celebrations for Children’s Hospice Week (CHW) earlier this month. While I’d … 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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