Press releases and comments

Brand new Marie Curie Hospice, West Midlands to open

Press release published 9 January 2013

Marie Curie Cancer Care’s brand new £20 million Hospice for the West Midlands is soon to open its doors to patients and families...

Marie Curie contributes to new commissioning guidance for specialist palliative care

Press release published 8 January 2013

Marie Curie has contributed to new commissioning guidance out today. Commissioning Guidance for Specialist Palliative Care..

Keira Knightley and Stephen Mangan call for collectors

Press release published 4 January 2013

Actress Keira Knightley took a break from promoting her new film Anna Karenina, to support Marie Curie Cancer Care’s Great Daffodil Appeal this week.…

Marie Curie wins Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award

Press release published 12 December 2012

Marie Curie has received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Volunteering Award in recognition of the charity’s contribution to volunteering.

Nuffield Trust study of Marie Curie’s Nursing Service

Press release published 14 November 2012

A study published today by the Nuffield Trust provides evidence that Marie Curie’s home-based nursing service reduces the need for emergency hospital care.

Marie Curie welcomes focus on end of life care in NHS Mandate

Comment published 13 November 2012

Marie Curie welcomes today’s publication of the NHS Mandate and the direction this will give to the National Commission Board.

Marie Curie calls for early national audit of the Liverpool Care Pathway and an action plan for improvement of end of life care in hospitals

Comment published 5 November 2012

Marie Curie has welcomed the Government’s announcement this weekend that it is to propose new changes to the NHS Constitution...

Marie Curie makes £1 million available for research proposals to improve end of life care

Press release published 5 November 2012

Marie Curie has made £1 million available to fund palliative and end of life care research which aims to improve care for people with cancer..

Marie Curie unveils £1.7m hospice refurbishment

Press release published 5 November 2012

Marie Curie has officially re-opened the doors of its hospice in Penarth today (Monday, 5 November), following a £1.7m refurbishment..

Marie Curie responds to Alzheimer’s Society research on end of life care for people with dementia

Press release published 25 October 2012

'My Life Until The End: Dying Well With Dementia' highlights how people with dementia are not dying in the place they want to, with their families..

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