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21st April

LOROS Twilight Walk returns for its sixteenth sparkling year

The much-loved Twilight Walk is back for its sixteenth year, bringing hundreds of supporters together to sparkle for someone special and make the night glow for LOROS Hospice.

News

14th April

LOROS Hospice takes funding campaign to Downing Street

On Wednesday 15th April staff from LOROS Hospice are heading to Westminster as part of Hospice UK’s Day of Action.

News

24th March

First hospice nurse in the UK to receive DAISY award is honoured at LOROS

A nurse at LOROS Hospice who treated her patient “with the same care and love as you would do your own family member” has been recognised with the first DAISY award in a hospice setting in the UK.

News

16th March

Newly opened beds on LOROS ward now permanent – but seven more needed to meet demand

LOROS Hospice has announced that more beds are to reopen on its inpatient ward thanks to additional funding from the NHS, but seven more are required to meet demand.

News

27th February

LOROS responds to public accounts committee's final report on the financial sustainability of hospices

Yesterday the Public Accounts Committee published a report into the financial sustainability of hospices in England. LOROS Chief Executive Camilla Barrow responds to the reports findings.

Patient Stories

26th February

Jacob's story

Jacob Marshall is taking on the Texas Marathon in February 2026 in memory of his Dad, Simon, who was cared for on our inpatient ward earlier this year. Here is his story.

Patient Stories

23rd February

Mary's story

If you’ve been at the Hospice recently you may have spotted Sir Stomp-a-lot sitting proudly in our woodland garden area. Wondering how he got there? There is a powerful story behind Sir Stomp-a-lot and his new home. Mary Knight bid for the coin-covered elephant in our Stomp Round Leicester Auction back in October and then donated him back to the Hospice in memory of her husband, Mark Warner.

News

16th February

"Had Richard not secured a bed in LOROS we really don't know what could have been done"

In late November, four additional beds were opened on LOROS Hospice’s inpatient ward thanks to short-term winter pressures funding. Due to end in March, this funding has already enabled 17 patients to receive the specialist palliative care they urgently needed.

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