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Marie Curie Scotland has said there must be more ‘equitable and accessible’ care. Picture: Getty Images

Exclusive Too many Scots dying in hospital, leading hospice provider warns

Marie Curie, pioneer in the fields of radiation, radioactivity and radiology, working in her laboratory at the Sorbonne in Paris in 1898 (Picture: Culture Club/Getty Images)

We must close the yawning gender gap in science leadership

Celebrity hairdresser Trevor Sorbie has died of cancer aged 75

Celebrity hairdresser and creator of the wedge cut Trevor Sorbie dies

Marie Curie have helped terminally ill patients curate their favourite songs for end of life care, as the charity looks to provide more focus on the quality for those in care.

Marie Curie help terminally ill curate end of life Spotify playlist

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Marie Curie appointed as Chivas Brothers’ Charity of Choice

Scottish boy's 2,700-mile charity trek 'to Lapland and back'

Back to the Future The Musical at London's Adelphi Theatre has been named among the best value tickets on sale in the capital

Cheapest 10 London theatre shows to see this Summer from £17.90

Orb Group were crowned winners of this year's Marie Curie Edinburgh Brain Game.

Edinburgh businesses raise a record £140K for Marie Curie during annual black ti...

Ad Feature Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal returns to SPAR stores

Marie Curie celebrates 75th anniversary with yellow-inspired recipes for Summer 2023

Ad Feature Marie Curie marks 75 years with yellow-inspired recipes for the Summer

May Storrie had an insatiable work ethic but a great sense of fun (Picture: Kieran Dodds)

Scotsman Obituaries: May Storrie CBE, businesswoman and tireless charity worker

Joanne and Iain McGuigan with their star prize

Former Fife nurse scoops £100,000 Porsche in UK cancer charity draw

It is when the darkness risks appearing overwhelming that the message of Christ’s transforming light becomes most relevant

National Day of Reflection to take place on March 23

A waterfront mansion worth £4.5 million is up for grabs, as the UK's biggest ever house draw is launched.

Waterfront mansion up for grabs in UK’s biggest ever house draw

Liam McArthur’s Bill on Assisted Dying is proving controversial

Readers' letters: Focus on end-of-life care, not assisted dying

A terminally-ill resident holds a health worker's hand. Picture: Getty Images

Terminally ill dying in pain out of hours, charity warns

Dr Emma Carduff, Research Lead, Marie Curie

Tell us how to better help people die with dignity - Dr Emma Carduff

The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever is one of the most joyful days of the year.

Hundreds of Kate Bush fans gather at Edinburgh's Holyrood Park

Ellie Wagstaff is Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Marie Curie

Services must be better equipped to support terminally ill people - Ellie Wagsta...

Thousands of family, friends and health and social care staff are grieving for those lost during the pandemic.

Bringing better support for bereaved people - Ellie Wagstaff

Ellie Wagstaff is Policy and Public Affairs Manager at Marie Curie

Research will explore challenges faced by carers during pandemic - Ellie Wagstaf...

People at the end of their lives need to be treated with dignity, fairness and respect by government bodies (Picture: John Devlin/PA)

How Scotland is cutting bureaucracy faced by the terminally ill – Ben Macpherson

The pandemic led to a sharp spike in the number of people dying at home in the past year (Photo: Joe Giddens).

40% spike in number of deaths at home during pandemic

Jen Hardy created Cancer Cards to help cancer patients across the UK struggling to find the support they need.

Incurable cancer patient uses final years to help others

Richard Meade, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Scotland, Marie Curie

New national strategy must commit to palliative and end of life care being avail...

Richard Meade, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Scotland, Marie Curie

Proposed National Care Service must include provision for end of life - Richard ...

Richard Meade, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Scotland, Marie Curie

Palliative care actions will speak louder than words - Richard Meade

Military personnel, who are assisting with the vaccination programme, at the Royal Highland Showground near Edinburgh picture: PA/Andrew Milligan

Seven new deaths recorded in Scotland as country confirms 495 cases in 24 hours

The UK is holding two minute's silence on Tuesday (Getty Images)

This is when silences will be observed today - in honour of lives lost to corona...

First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, leaves her home in Glasgow this morning (Photo: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire).

Nicola Sturgeon commemorates those who died from covid on lockdown anniversary

NHS workers hold a minute's silence outside the main entrance of Derriford Hospital on 28 April 2020 in Plymouth (Photo: Dan Mullan/Getty Images)

The UK will pause for a minute's silence today

Scotland went into lockdown one year ago today

Scotland in lockdown one year on: Nation pauses to reflect

Marie Curie most recent study projected that by 2040, 95 per cent of all people in Scotland who die may need a palliative care support

End of life care must be improved - Ellie Wagstaff

Ruthra Coventry with her husband and son, now three.

Charities urge Scots with cancer symptoms to seek medical help despite pandemic

Jennifer Bell, 28, with daughters Georgia, eight, and Kacey, one.

Single mum who battled MND died on Christmas Eve, aged 29

Alison Sneddon with her father Bruce, who died in 2019 with a rare form of cancer.

GP sacked while caring for dying father donates compensation to Marie Curie

Fuel poverty will kill terminally ill Scots quicker this winter, charity warns

UK charities have released their Christmas cards for 2020

UK charities have released their 2020 Christmas cards and you can buy online

Dr Alison Sneddon joined the practice in 2017.

East Lothian GP sacked while signed off work to care for dying father

Join stars and celebrities at huge online charity event

One of the hardest and most emotional challenges Marie Curie staff have faced during the pandemic has been managing the visits of relatives and friends to inpatients in their hospices

How Marie Curie has kept on caring for terminally ill throughout crisis – Richar...

By listening to someone talk about their wishes for the end of their life, you are helping them to make the things that are important to them be known and acknowledged

A listening ear is required to talk about a loved one’s end of life wishes – Gil...
When we know that someone is listening to us it can encourage us to talk more freely, writes Gillian O’Donnell

Many care and nursing homes are at capacity, as well as care at home services, which are toiling to provide services, while hospices are also struggling financially

Palliative care for all when the end is approaching is still the national goal –...

Iranian director Marjane Satrapi on the set of Radioactive

“My goal was to be faithful to her mind, to her spirit” - Marjane Satrapi on mak...

Wendy Chamberlain MP has introduced a Bill to commit to UK Government to tackling period poverty across the globe (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

International Women’s Day: Why it’s clear fight for gender equality has long way...

The research predicts the annual number of deaths in Scotland will rise to 65,756 in 20 years. Picture: Getty

Fewer Scots to die while in hospital

Petra McMillan and Ryan Scobbie have raised thousands of pounds for Marie Curie

Grangemouth pub chain staff climb to Everest base camp for Marie Curie

Davey Trimmer: I’m not going to ‘pop my clogs’ – I’m going to die

Erin, centre, and Keith, right, with the club.

Swimmers raise thousands for cancer research after Erin’s battle

22.02.19 - Marie Curie Great Big Daffodil, Quadrant Shopping Centre, Swansea

Susan Brown: Someone’s life tells its own story – and we’re ready to listen at t...

(Left to right) Ryan Scobbie, Petra McMillan and Andy Caulfield will launch an assault on Mount Everest to fundraise for Marie Curie. Picture: Michael Gillen

Grangemouth firm employees to climb Mount Everest for Marie Curie

Marie Curie nurse thanks Morrisons staff at Bishopbriggs

Marie Curie is looking for Galloway volunteers

Galloway helpers sought for join Marie Curie service

Since Marie Curie looked after her gran, Amber Zoe of Radio Clyde has been a regular visitor to its hospice in Glasgow. Picture: Martin Shields

Amber Zoe: A stay in a hospice is not the end of the world – they are caring, ha...

Tina Nelson sent in this pic. She said: "My daughter very happy to meet Santa back in 3rd December 2016. Thank you for making all the young and old kids smile at Christmas, it wont be the same without you. "

Bonnyrigg man lighting up our lives for more than a decade

Marie Curie, pictured in February 1931, three years before she died of leukaemia, is the only scientist to have been awarded Nobel Prizes for both chemistry and physics

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