Supported by £3.5 million funding over four years, the Strategic Framework for Action by the Scottish Government sets out a vision for improving the delivery of palliative and end of life care across Scotland.
Read moreRautomead present PATCH with a cheque for £1200 following outstanding fundraising efforts.
Read moreOn 16th December, a local male choir entertained shoppers at Sainsbury's in Dundee for two hours and raised a whopping £400 in aid of PATCH.
Read moreA new report recommends that more children and young people with life-limiting conditions in Scotland, should have input from palliative care services.
Read moreMore than 100 invited guests attended the Scottish launch of PATCH in the beautiful Playfair Room of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Read moreTo ensure staff are providing palliative care for patients in hospital, ward doctors and nurses need more training.
Read morePATCH is delighted to support Carol Ann Smith, a staff nurse working in the hepatobiliary surgical ward in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Congratulations Carol Ann.
Read moreDundee Discovery Rotary Club presented a cheque of £1200 to PATCH following a highly enjoyable wine tasting evening, hosted by themselves and a local wine expert Mr Jo Williamson.
Read moreA new report by the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman highlights the deficiencies in care for hospital patients at the end of their lives.
Read moreA new report by the Commons Health Committee calls for free social care at the end of life, better bereavement support for families and further research into measuring the quality of end of life care.
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