"It's always good to receive the 'Hospice Bulletin'. It helps people working overseas to feel less isolated and keeps us in touch with news, reviews and ideas, not only from the UK but globally. I am always pleased that our team also want to read it and feel in touch even though they haven't been overseas". Palliative Care Nurse, CanSupport, New Delhi, India.

11 Bulletins currently on issue.

Date	Publication
May 2008	Hospice Information Bulletin - April 2006 Volume 4, Issue 4. The lead article, Access to Care for All, encourages readers to think of ways of celebrating this year's World Hospice and Palliative Care Day which takes place on 7th October. This issue also covers the launch of an audit tool on in-patient admission and initial assessment.
May 2008	Hospice Information Bulletin - August 2006 Volume 5, Issue 1. This special 20 page edition includes a tribute to Dame Cicely Saunders and the hospice she founded. The issue also includes articles on reaching black and minority ethnic communities, tips on how to write successful fundraising applications and a case study on setting up a twinning relationship.
May 2008	hospice information bulletin - February 2005 Volume 3 No. 4. This issue celebrates several anniversaries. These include the centenary of St. Joseph's Hospice in London and the 25th anniversary of Island Hospice in Zimbabwe. Elsewhere, there is an article on the development of palliative care in care homes and pieces on services in Albania and Kenya.
May 2008	Hospice Information Bulletin - July 2007 Volume 5, Issue 4.
May 2008	hospice information bulletin - June 2005 Vol 4. No.1. A wide variety of articles in this issue begin with a consideration of rabies as a palliative care issue in the Philippines. There is an invitation to support the inaugural World Hospice and Palliative Care Date which takes place on 8th October 2005 - organised by hospice and palliative care organisations spanning the globe and developed in association with Voices for Hospices, this is a new unified day of action to support and celebrate palliative care around the world. A new column on children's palliative care begins with an introduction to the newly opened Acorns Children's Hospice Trust unit in Worcester. The Bulletin is marking 2005 as the Year of the Volunteer in the UK by including an article written by a volunteer in each issue. This copy features an article from a volunteer working at a hospice in Abany, New York.
May 2008	hospice information bulletin - March 2004 Volume 2 No. 4. The feature article in this issue explores the opportunities offered by work sabbaticals. Elsewhere, the librarian at St Christopher's Hospice provides an update on the range of free electronic resources available from the NHS and a team from the Princess Alice Hospice in Esher debate preferences for single and shared room accommodation. Joy Buck writes about the development of the American hospice movement and two articles look at palliative care in the Netherlands.
May 2008	Hospice Information Bulletin - March 2007 Vol 5 Issue 3.
May 2008	hospice information bulletin - May 2004 Vol 3 No.1. David Tasma has always been spoken of as the founding patient of St.Christopher's Hospice. In this issue Dame Cicely Saunders, OM, FRCP, founder of St. Christopher's Hospice, tells his story. There are also articles from Woking Hospice on animal-assisted therapy and a report from St. Ann's Hospice in Manchester on establishing a 24 hours advice line for professionals and carers. Rosaleen Murray writes about palliative care in Bosnia and Hercegovina and Mick Thorpe offers a snapshot of hospices in New Zealand.
May 2008	hospice information bulletin November 2005 Volume 4 No. 3. Articles in this issue include research into patients' perceptions of hospices, planning young people's funerals and a report on a fashion project which helped women come to terms with the physical changes wrought by their illness. And there is a focus on hospice care in Serbia and Nepal. This issue also includes a special eight-page supplement which reviews the "Hospice care unlocking the future" conference hosted by Help the Hospices in September 2005.
May 2008	hospice information bulletin - September 2004 Vol 3 no. 2. The September issue includes articles on music therapy, artists and arts therapists in palliative care and a description of a BESO-funded assignment in Havana, Cuba. To see the full table of contents, click on the title.
May 2008	hospice information bulletin – September 2005 Vol 4. No.2. The opening article of this issue focuses on the Carers Week and the sentiments echoed by carers at the event held at Farleigh Hospice in Chelmsford in June. A piece on the International Children’s Palliative Care Network (ICPCN) focuses on the ICPCN’s role of linking children’s palliative care services around the world to prevent isolation and promote the sharing of information and expertise. The Palliative Care in Practice section explains the importance of helping patients to find their own meanings to the end of life in a cultural and spiritual context. The aftermath of the Tsunami and the bereavement care needed to help with the emotional damage caused is reported upon after a visit to one of the affected coastlines. There is also a personal tribute to Dame Cicely Saunders, the founder of St Christopher’s Hospice in south London, who sadly died on 14 July.