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Following last year’s success of our first Jail & Bail event, we are bringing it back to Oxford but with a new twist. On Thursday 13th June Helen & Douglas House will be locking up Anneliese Dodds MP and 6 other ‘guilty’ (for entirely fictitious crimes,...
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Mother’s Day can be a precious time to celebrate the relationship between mother and child. On the morning of Mother’s Day many children will be handing over hand-made gifts and cards; lovingly folded, painted and glued together. Some mums will be brought a cup...
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Dr Emily Harrop, Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Care and Interim Medical Director at Helen & Douglas House who contributed to this paper, was asked to participate in a two-day working party of an international group of experts to talk about communicating with...
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Meet Dr Emily, our Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Care and Lead Doctor. A few years ago, she told us about her career in medicine and what influences her and inspires her at the hospice. ‘No two days are ever the same, however sad or difficult one day is, there...
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Helen & Douglas House Trustees Elizabeth Drew and Lord Blair of Boughton (Ian) met with our Patron, Her Majesty The Queen, at Clarence House on 14 February 2019. Elizabeth Drew stepped down as Chair of Trustees in March 2018 after more than 15 years of service to...