Iwanted to begin today by thanking you for the care that you provide Hospice UK. Everyone in this room and everyone joining us online across the UK and beyond. I know that I’m speaking to doctors, nurses, carers, allied health professionals, bereavement support workers and counsellors, fundraisers, retail staff, coordinators, support staff, office staff, and of course volunteers.

Thank you for the care and the compassion that you give to babies, to children, to young people, to adults, the elderly of course, and all this, and their loved ones, in what can be the most difficult time of life.

I personally know so many instances where you’ve gone above and beyond, and this government is so grateful for everything that you do. I’m also immensely grateful to those of you here today with lived

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