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...Care courses and qualifications. In the UK, many deaths occur in hospital and few people have witnessed someone dying. This article addresses some of the common key questions people have about dying and the end of life, written by a palliative care consultant, Victoria Hedges, as part of The Ageing Well Public Talk (AWPT) Series. In this first of a series of four...

...care ultimately leads to greater costs in the long-term.” RCM’s survey found that well over a quarter of HoMs – 29.5 per cent in 2014 and 29.6 per cent in 2015 – reported they did not have enough midwives. As staffing shortages bite, as well inadequate funding, services are also being reduced. A tenth of Midwifery heads reported that they had to reduce services in...

...care sector. Julie Messenger, Senior Lecturer and Nursing Lead at The Open University, is a nurse with more than forty years NHS and educational experiences linked to the education of nurses, looks at the staffing challenges facing the NHS, and some of the solutions...It's no secret that our hospitals are short of staff and do not have enough equipment or sufficient room...

...care at a local level highlights the role of community. Ambition Six, ‘Each community is prepared to help’, focuses on the readiness, willingness and confidence of people to have conversations about living and dying well and to offer support in times of crisis and loss. Recently, Open Thanatology hosted a webinar where a panel of speakers with experience of community...

...care approaches are not working well and the person is struggling to get the attention they need. Of course, in communal settings such as care homes it is not always easy to cater for individual tastes, as the needs of a group of residents may have to be balanced (McDermott et al, 2014). You can complete this Playlist for Life chart to identify your musical preferences...