Legalise assisted suicide for terminally ill, says inquiry
Assisted dying should be legalised for terminally ill people so long as they are not put under pressure to end their lives and palliative care is much improved, a major inquiry has concluded (Image: Alamy).
05 January 2012

Ageing workforce poses problems for palliative social work
Palliative care social work faces recruitment problems in England after a survey revealed almost half of specialist practitioners were aged over 50.
07 December 2011

Community Care launches website for adult care practitioners
Residential and domiciliary care staff are an important part of the social care universe but it is too easy for their needs to be ignored. Community Care has set out to address this problem with the launch of the latest addition to www.communitycare.co.uk - You Care.
07 September 2011

Improving social workers' end-of-life care skills
Social workers taking part in specialist end-of-life care training are gaining new skills and more confidence, writes Maria Ahmed
01 September 2011

Book review: Visions, Trips and Crowded Rooms: Who and What You See Before You Die
You have to be in the right mood to read this book, writes Bernard Moss.
12 August 2011

End-of-life social care should be free, says review
Service users nearing the end of their lives should receive free social care paid by the NHS, a major government-funded review recommends.
01 July 2011

Homeless people need better palliative care, finds charity
Homeless people are not receiving adequate end-of-life care because staff working with them cannot spot the signs of advanced liver disease, research has found.
24 May 2011

Helping children through sibling loss
Successful support for the siblings of children who have died should be continuous. Julie Griffiths reports on a hospice in Wales that provides long-lasting and honest therapy for bereaved children
10 March 2011

Social workers need more training in talking about death
Councils could save money from end-of-life care packages by giving social workers more training in talking to people nearing death, a study reveals (Pic: Alamy).
27 January 2011

Risk Factor: a case involving palliative care
A hospice social worker discusses a case in which a man with only a few weeks to live is unaware of his diagnosis
05 January 2011

VAT rise will hit charity social care services
Today's rise in VAT to 20% will cut the amount of social care that charities can deliver, Sue Ryder Care has warned.
05 January 2011

Social worker fights for asbestos victims
Hospice social worker Roy Nightingale tells Vern Pitt of his fight for Londoners whose lives have been blighted by deadly asbestos fibres
24 September 2010