What is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day?
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a unified day of action to celebrate and support hospice and palliative care around the world. 

Who organises the event
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day is a Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance initiative and is facilitated by Help the Hospices.
                       

Event photos 2008

October 11th 2008:
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day:
Theme: Hospice and palliative care: a human right

Press release May 2008 - Click here
Key messages 2008 - Click here

Internationally announced events for 2008 - Click here
What happened in 2008 - Click here
At least 211 organisations marked the day - list of events

Download the evaluation
for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2008

Event photos 2007

October  6th 2007:
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day and Voices for Hospices:
Theme: Across the Ages - From Children to Older People

Evaluation of WHPCD 2007
   Click here        

The evaluation for World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2007 clearly shows the variety of events and activities that took place around the world. Many activities were Voices for Hospices concerts.

The impact of events was reported by many and these included increased patient referral and new interest from volunteers. Money was raised, awareness was heightened and people across the world celebrated the benefits palliative care brings to people and their families and carers affected by life limiting illness.

Event photos 2006

October  7th 2006:
World Hospice and Palliative Care Day:
Theme: Access to care for all

Evaluation of WHPCD 2006
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UK report Hospice and Palliative Care - Access for All
For World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2006, Help the Hospices produced a report on Access issues in the UK. This report shows how hospice and palliative care services in the UK strive to meet the challenge of ensuring that everyone within communities get the services they need.
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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day took place on October 7th 2006. 226 events in over 60 countries were registered on the website. These events ranged from nationwide campaigns, for example the Hospice is Life Campaign which involved 85 hospices in Poland to small events by individuals such as the Fruits Day in Nigeria. Have a look at the events that were submitted on the website.