In their manifesto, Labour rightly made health and social care a priority, with a focus on reducing pressures in the NHS and on improving care in local neighbourhoods.
Hospices are ideally placed to help, and stand ready to do so, with the right support.
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The WHPCA is working on the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Toolkit 2024 and it will be launched very soon. The logo was launched a few months ago and you can access it on the WHPCA website HERE (https://t.co/SLpVHoyniK) .
UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis today. Dr Atul Gawande (author of 'Being Mortal') representing USAID says "We have the will to make sure all are screened and treated for TB" #StopTBPartnership#palliativecare "We have the soul"
The UN General Assembly has now passed a political declaration redoubling their commitment to Universal Health Coverage @UHC2030 ! We are happy that there are five references to #palliativecare as an essential part of the continuum of palliative care! @whpca
At UN High Level Meeting on pandemic preparedness and response in NYC. Heads of state are speaking about what they have learned and need for support to low & middle income countries @whpca@uicc@IAHPC@WHO
Every year, 57 million people around the world need palliative care. But only 14% of patients can access it. This exposes families to suffering, hardship and social isolation.
I commend #Uganda for taking action to increase access to oral liquid morphine free of charge.
At World Health Assembly (governing body of WHO) in Geneva. We @iahpc@whpca are delivering oral statements, by constituent group or individual organizations, on the following topics: @UHC, @NCD, women & children, @SDH, disability, rehab, refugees & pandemic response
Sonali Johnson, Head of Advocacy, and Rosie Tasker, Global Advocacy Manager at UICC, participate in discussions on pandemic preparedness mechanisms, to promote international collaboration and protect populations from the effects of future pandemics.
@UN@UHC2030#UHC#UHC2030
Opening of the UN Multi-stakeholder meetings in NYC. First today is the meeting on #StopTB I'm planning to do an oral intervention on the need for #palliativecare for those w Drug Resistant TB #whpca
Back from visiting Kazakhstan speaking at the International Gynecology Cancer Society conference @IGCSociety on #PalliativeCare especially for women with cervical cancer, most painful of all cancers... Looking forward to working more w KAZIOR & Kazakh Palliative Care Association