Dying Matters power restored
8 May 2012
Dementia Challenge will include end of life care
4 May 2012
The National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) has welcomed the Prime Minister's decision to make end of life care for people with advanced dementia an additional aim of the Dementia Strategy.
LGBT people 'let down' by end of life care services
1 May 2012
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people feel let down by end of life care services, according to a new report by the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) and the Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Voluntary and Community Organisations.
Film and book of Philip Gould's final days released
16 April 2012
Philip Gould, the New Labour strategist, chronicled the last few weeks of his life before succumbing to oesophageal cancer in November last year at the age of 61.
Doctors should be trained in care of the dying
22 March 2012
The Dying Matters Coalition supports the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in calling for doctors to receive end of life care training to help patients die in their place of choice.
Dying Matters writing competition judges announced
19 March 2012
Playwright Nell Dunn FRSL, academic and poet Yasmin Gunaratnam, publisher Roger Kirkpatrick and author Diana Melly, the widow of the legendary Jazz musician George Melly, will judge Final Chapters, a new groundbreaking creative writing competition about dying, being run by the Dying Matters Coalition.
Proud to be picked to carry Olympic flame
19 March 2012
NCPC and Dying Matters supporter and Lymphoma Association fundraiser Ian Leech has been chosen to bear the Olympic Torch.
Middle aged Britons facing miserable retirement
15 February 2012
Millions of British people in their late 40s and 50s are facing a miserable retirement living in poor health for longer, residing in unsuitable housing and dying without adequate care and support, according to a new report out today by the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) and the National Care Forum (NCF).
BMA reports on organ donation
14 February 2012
A new report by the British Medical Association’s Medical Ethics Committee, “Building on Progress: Where next for organ donation in the UK?” has been produced as part of its ongoing work on organ transplantation.
New guide helps people plan for end of life
1 February 2012
An updated booklet published by the National End of Life Care Programme in association with Dying Matters and the University of Nottingham supports people in shaping the care they receive at the end of their life.
