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Terminally ill girl ‘faces benefits axe’
Alice Pyne, Terminally Ill Blogger Behind Alice’s Bucket List, In Benefits Row
20/09/2012 22:29 BST
Terminally ill internet star Alice Pyne has been told that her mother’s child benefit could be taken away unless she goes to college.
Alice, 16, came to international prominence when a list of the things she wants to do before she dies was posted on the internet last year.
Alice and her sister Milly, 13, from Ulverston in south Cumbria, also received the British Empire Medal this year for services to charity after raising more than £100,000.
The spokesman said although he could not give specific details about Alice’s child benefit payments, her case was now being investigated by the HMRC and her parents are being contacted.
“We are contacting her parents just to find out what the circumstances are in this case,” he said.
More hospices needed ‘to care for people dying gradually’
More hospices and care homes are needed to cope with increasing numbers of people dying “gradual” deaths, say doctors.
By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent
7:30AM BST 18 Sep 2012
The country faces a growing crisis in its ability to care for people suffering cancer, dementia and other long-term ailments, according to specialists who say that supply is not keeping pace with demand.
Better health care, and to some extent a fitter older population, means fewer people are experiencing “sudden” deaths, for example from heart attacks.
While increased longevity is to be welcomed, doctors say not enough resources are being devoted to making the last days of the elderly as comfortable as possible. Doctors writing in the British Medical Journal Supportive and Palliative Care say gradual deaths from cancer and other chronic diseases are already “a considerable burden” for European countries.
Princess Royal opens new outreach centre in Trowbridge
The Princess Royal has opened a new centre to support people with terminal illnesses in Wiltshire.
The new centre offers one-to-one and group rooms, a creative studio, treatment rooms and a cafeThe Dorothy House outreach facility in Trowbridge was launched in August and provides a drop-in service for carers and their families as well as patients.
It is the first of two centres planned this year, with another due to open in Somerset at the end of 2012.
Wayne De Leeuw, the centre manager, said it was hoped the centre would “provide more care to more people.”
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