A 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.
Read morePATCH is part-funding a research project examining what painkillers patients with advanced cancer had been prescribed before being admitted as an emergency or seen "out of hours".
Read morePATCH is delighted to support its first student in their palliative care education based at St Columba's Hospice in Edinburgh.
Read moreMaggie's and PATCH are discussing research into physical and psychological symptoms in patients with advanced upper gastrointestinal cancer in the acute hospital setting.
Read moreAs A&E departments struggle to meet government targets, innovative palliative care approaches, where appropriate, not only provide better patient care but also less log-jam in A&E.
Read moreIn his lecture series entitled 'The Future of Medicine', Dr Atul Gawande examines the nature of progress and failure in medicine.
Read moreOur PATCH fundraiser event on the ship Discovery was a huge success - thank you to everyone who came and all of our generous donors and sponsors.
Read moreSimon Knox raised £939.95 (including Gift Aid) for PATCH by running the Baxters Loch Ness Marathon.
Read moreehospice, a news and information resource for hospice, palliative and end of life care, have published an article introducing PATCH and our mission.
Read moreThe First Friends of PATCH has been established in Tayside Scotland.
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