BBCNEWS BBC News at One June 4, 2024 12:19:00
I am appealing to chief nurses across the country in every type of environment. you need this service. it is essential for patients and families, and nobody should ever be left on a ward, in a side room, waiting for somebody to sit with them in their last hours of need. peter harrison from norfolk lost his wife, christine, last april. she was 75, a grandmother and a former teacher. in 2017, she was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological condition. last year, she suffered a stroke and was admitted to hospital. in her last days, butterfly volunteers sat with christine...