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Hospice UK fights for hospice care for all who need it, for now and forever. We champion the 200+ hospices across the UK, and run the campaign Dying Matters.
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialJada-Lea has breaks and expert care at East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, giving her parents a vital chance to switch off from caring.
Children’s hospices receive only around 1/3 of care costs from government, meaning that access can depend on where you live.
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialIt’s Hospice Care Week! When someone is seriously ill or dying, hospices hold the whole family through the worst of times, but whether that care is there can depend on where you live. Here’s why hospice shouldn’t be left to chance. 👇
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialSomething is coming.
We're a week from #HospiceCareWeek, and we'd love you to join us in saying: don't leave hospice care to chance.
Find out how you can support hospice care:
www.hospiceuk.org/our-campaign...
For all, for now, forever.
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialThe Welsh Government has committed to address the challenges facing palliative and end of life care in Wales. This must be backed by fair and stable funding for hospice care.
Read our response here: www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialYesterday we celebrated 30 years of National Garden Scheme support for Hospice UK at St Cuthbert's Hospice. Since 1996, NGS has donated more than £8.4m to Hospice UK, helping us fight for hospice care for all, for now, forever. A huge thank you to everyone who has made this partnership possible 🧡
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialEarlier and better workplace support for people with health conditions and disabilities can help people stay in work and support UK growth.
Hospice UK is proud to be one of the employers supporting the Keep Britain Working review.
Read the latest update 👇
www.gov.uk/government/p...
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialIt was great to be at in Belfast today with Hospice Alliance Northern Ireland for the launch of its new Vision report.
The report sets out priorities for the future of hospice care, including fair access and sustainable funding.
Read the report and our response: www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialThinking about updating your Will?
It takes very little, and it means hospice care can keep being there for the people in your community who need it. For all, for now, forever.
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialThe Government has published its response to a consultation on bereavement leave.
The new entitlement will provide employees with up to two weeks of unpaid leave following the death of a loved one or pregnancy loss before 24 weeks.
Read our full response 👉 www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialA huge thank you to everyone who took part in our challenge with Postcode Lottery and Strava! 🧡
Together, you raised an incredible £406,350 to help support hospice care.
Fancy joining our next event? 👇
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialThank you to BBC Wales Today for highlighting Hospice UK and Hospices Cymru's call for £30m in additional funding to safeguard hospice care across Wales.
The report features City Hospice and Nightingale House Hospice, where demand is rising amidst cost pressures.
@hospiceuk.bsky.social#ThisIsHospiceCare is back.
Over the next two weeks, 127 hospices across England, Scotland and Wales are sharing what makes hospice care what it is.
You can protect your local hospice by leaving a Gift in your Will, big or small.
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialThe Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will not progress following today's vote.
Nearly 60% of hospices in England have made or are considering cuts to frontline services. We must not lose focus on fixing the hospice funding crisis.
Read more: tr.ee/YO8FbL
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialOur CEO Toby Porter spoke to BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning about the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, as MPs vote today.
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialMPs vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill today.
Since it was first introduced in October 2024, 28 hospices in England have announced cuts to services.
Whatever the outcome, hospice funding must be fixed.
Read our full statement: tr.ee/6s2xXJ
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialPalliative Care Week runs across the island of Ireland this week and the theme is: "It's Not What You Think".
Palliative care isn't only for the last days of life. It's help with pain, daily living and planning ahead, for people of all ages in hospitals, hospices and at home.
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialSky has been inside Ashgate Hospice, where staff call end of life care in the UK "a national emergency". MPs debate the assisted dying Bill on Friday.
@hospiceuk.bsky.social"It's not right that someone might eventually choose an assisted death in the UK because of a real or imagined fear that they couldn't get the care they needed - that would be a practical and moral failure." - Toby Porter, CEO of Hospice UK, live on Sky News this afternoon.
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialNew research from Together for Short Lives shows gaps in NHS end of life care is denying many seriously ill children the chance to die at home.
Everyone deserves the end of life care they need, in the place of their choosing.
Read more: www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
@hospiceuk.bsky.socialThe Hospice UK main website is temporarily down. We are working on a fix and should be back up and running soon. This doesn't affect our Data Portal and PopNAT.
