Seven Days: Children’s Hospice
March 13th, 2009 by James BridleAn excellent format: Seven Days reporter Jenny Cuffe spends - yes - seven days following a story, meeting the people involved and really getting to the root of the issue. This week she's at a children's hospice whose funding has taking a huge hit thanks to the Icelandic meltdown. And the government won't do anything to help: despite its meagre resources, charities are classed alongside businesses in the "look out for yourselves" category, while individuals get compensation. The attitude of the NHS, and local primary care, isn't much better. But between the terrible stories of selfish, small-minded bureaucracy, it's the generosity of the hospice carers, and the incredible, everyday heroism of parents with disabled children, that shines through. [MP3]