Dundee 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.
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.
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