The Guardian view on hospices: these special places can’t afford to be hidden
Fifth of UK hospices cutting services amid funding crisis, finds report
May 2024
‘Once you take choice away, there’s nothing left’: assisted dying edges closer in Jersey, but can they protect against a ‘duty to die’?
Hospice patient Lynne Cottignies welcomes proposals to make it legal to help eligible people end their lives. Many others have serious concerns
February 2024
‘Pain renewed her resolve’: how my mum tried to die on her own terms
Writer Marianne Brooker reflects on the onset of her mother’s multiple sclerosis and, after doctors and politicians had failed to help, her mother’s decision to hasten her death
April 2023
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry review – Jim Broadbent hits the road
Observer letters
There is more than one way to have a good death
January 2023
Families need more support after a child dies suddenly
Luen Thompson on the lack of attention paid to sudden unexplained death in childhood
December 2022
UK hospices warn of bed closures and staff cuts as energy bills soar
‘It could all have been so different’: how support offered by a hospice in Cyprus came too late for one British couple
October 2022
Dying hospice patient had NatWest account frozen after £250 fraud claim
A new start after 60
A new start after 60: I retrained as a hospice nurse – and lost my fear of death
September 2022
Almost 90 more people died at home every day than expected in past year
Figures for Great Britain show almost 22,500 people more than usual died in private homes, prompting questions about end-of-life care
July 2022
Guardian angel
The people making a difference: Pushbike Paul, the man who’s restored thousands of bikes to fund a hospice
Former car salesman Paul Wilcox found that a side-hustle as a cycle mechanic gave him a way to support a cause close to his heart
May 2022
Deborah James ‘cannot thank people enough’ after £2m raised for Bowelbabe Fund
Presenter of BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C said on social media she did not know ‘how long I’ve got left’
February 2022
Hospice care is a right, not a luxury
Sophie Olszowski
I have seen the value of good palliative care. It’s time the NHS took it seriously – and made it available to all those who need it
December 2021
Other lives
Beryl Howard obituary
Other lives: Palliative nurse and manager of the pioneering hospice Michael Sobell House
October 2021
Alta Fixsler, toddler at centre of parents’ legal battle, dies in hospice
Father says Alta ‘was our whole world’ after two-year-old girl taken off life support
June 2021
Other lives
Averil Stedeford obituary
Other lives: Psychiatrist and environmentalist who won an award for her eco-house
January 2021
How to be happy in 2021 (despite everything)
‘I see human resilience every single day’: people in tough jobs on how to stay hopeful
A hospice nurse, bereavement counsellor, firefighter, climate change lecturer and social worker share their secrets
November 2020
Other lives
Mike Wise obituary
Other Lives: Founder of hospices in Dorset and Wiltshire that have helped hundreds of children
