Dying Matters Week 2025

Dying Matters Week is a national awareness campaign led by Hospice UK that encourages us to talk about what really matters to us and our loved ones. What you would like to happen and how you would like to be treated? A difficult topic to talk about but one that is so crucial to wishes being respected.

This year’s Dying Matters Awareness Week, 5-11 May, is centred around a theme entitled, The Culture of Dying Matters.

‘There are of course many differences in the ways that cultures and faiths approach and mark death and dying. But at their core, feelings about dying, and our experiences of grief, are universal emotions that we all share, no matter who we are or where we live.’

For Patients and Families:

Wirral Hospice’s patient and family support team, working alongside hospice spiritual care coordinator, Reverend Dr Tony Maude, strive to bring patients and families peace of mind whatever their faith, or non-faith, background.

For professionals working in palliative care:

Wirral Hospice runs courses entitled, Opening the Spiritual Gate, to build spiritual awareness and enhance the confidence of staff in assessing and meeting the spiritual and religious needs of patients and families.

Resources:

The Dying Matters website has lots of useful resources, such as leaflets for families and for professionals working in palliative care, that can be downloaded to help you and those important to you have valuable conversations about those very sensitive and emotional matters.