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Awareness Week Events
There are hundreds of Dying Matters Awareness Week events happening up and down the county. View them here, or publicise your own.
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15 May 2013
Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and the Dying Matters Coalition are holding a major national conference on end of life and bereavement care on Friday (17 May) as part of Dying Matters Awareness...
12 December 2012
Seven GP practices are the first in the country to be awarded Gold Standards Framework (GSF) accreditation for excellence in end of life care.
29 November 2012
A pioneering programme of work aimed at improving the care people receive at the end of their lives has been launched by the Dying Matters Coalition in partnership with Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust in the West Midlands.
22 November 2012
Just 38 (46%) of 83 newly created Health and Wellbeing Boards with public strategies have considered the needs of dying people, according to research published today by the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC), the lead charity for the Dying Matters Coalition.
21 November 2012
Terminally ill cancer patients are being let down during emergency admissions to hospital, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is warning.
8 November 2012
The Dying Matters Coalition has welcomed the inclusion of end of life care in the NHS mandate.
6 November 2012
Dying Matters Chief Executive Eve Richardson, pictured, has welcomed proposed changes to the NHS constitution to include new end of life care commitments.
26 October 2012
Dying Matters, the National End of Life Care programme, and other national organisations release statement
25 October 2012
Dying Matters and National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) campaigner Mandy Paine has received an MBE from Prince Charles in recognition of her work with us.
18 October 2012
A response from Eve Richardson, Chief Executive of the Dying Matters Coalition.
6 September 2012
Dying Matters members will be attending our annual Day of the Dead conference on 1 November 2012 at Senate House, London.
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