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Anita Hayes: no photograph is held, so the Hospice UK monogram is shown instead.
Clinician

Anita Hayes

Clinical Quality Lead, Hospice UK

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Quoted in the press, across 3 topics since 16 Dec 2025

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OfficeHospice UK, London, WC1X 9JGHospice UK is based in Holborn and St Pancras (London): the organisation’s base, not a personal address.

02  Quoted on · 2 of 29 topics

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Anita Hayes: key facts

Kind of voice
Clinician
Role
Clinical Quality Lead
Organisation
Hospice UK
Organisation based in
Holborn and St Pancras
Quoted on
Palliative & end of life care, NHS & care workforce/staffing
Press coverage
Quoted in the press
Most recently quoted
18 Sept 2026
First quoted
16 Dec 2025

03  Profile

Who Anita Hayes is

Anita Hayes is Clinical Quality Lead at Hospice UK, the national charity for hospice and palliative care. Nursing Times reported in March 2025 that she has been a nurse since 1981, and she described herself as a palliative care nurse for 25 years.

In 2025 she was appointed as one of five palliative care specialists on the Health and Social Care Committee's Independent Expert Panel, which evaluated government commitments on palliative care. She has argued that palliative and end-of-life care provision is stretched and patchy and that many groups are missing out. She has also written in Nursing Times on end-of-life care as every nurse's business and, in June 2026, co-authored an article on restorative clinical supervision for hospice staff wellbeing.

Notable achievements

  1. 01

    Appointed in 2025 to the Health and Social Care Committee's Independent Expert Panel as one of five palliative care specialists. Source ↗

  2. 02

    Co-authored a Nursing Times article (June 2026) on a Hospice UK and Foundation of Nursing Studies programme that built restorative clinical supervision capacity in hospices. The article reports that 172 people took part in champion and cascade programmes between 2021 and 2025. Source ↗

  3. 03

    Wrote the article launching Nursing Times' end-of-life care series (May 2024). Source ↗

04  The signal · where Anita Hayes sits on palliative & end of life care

Quoted

Quoted in the press on palliative & end of life care.

Placed by press coverage on this topic only, not across all topics.

  1. Vicki GreensmithAcademicDirector of Clinical Services at Martin HouseLeading
  2. Julie McFaddenClinicianHospice nurse with 16 years of experienceLeading
  3. Dr Sam Royston portraitDr Sam RoystonSector leaderExecutive Director of Research and Policy, Marie CurieLeading
  4. Gillian OakleyAcademicSenior Lecturer in Palliative Care, University of Lancashire
  5. Dr ClaireClinician
  6. Anita HayesClinicianClinical Quality Lead, Hospice UK
  7. Dr. Jane MorrisClinicianChair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
  8. Laura AdamsClinicianclinical nurse specialist in palliative care

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05  On the record · press

What Anita Hayes has said

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  • carehomeprofessional.com
  • hellorayo.co.uk
  • lep.co.uk
  • news.cumbria.ac.uk

Where Anita Hayes has been quoted

  1. North West launches UK's pioneering academy for hospice and palliative carehellorayo.co.uk · 18 Sept 2026
  2. UK’s first academy for hospice and palliative care workers launchedcarehomeprofessional.com · 31 Dec 2025
  3. North West leads the way with UK’s first academy for hospice and palliative care workers | University of Cumbria Newsnews.cumbria.ac.uk · 19 Dec 2025
  4. Lancashire leads way with UK's first academy for hospice & palliative care workerslep.co.uk · 16 Dec 2025
How we found the articles that name Anita Hayes: we searched news for these terms, by topic. Terms for 2 topics

Palliative & end of life care

  • palliative care
  • end of life care
  • hospice
  • terminal illness

Also searched with “palliative care” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for Palliative & end of life care

NHS & care workforce/staffing

  • NHS workforce
  • staff shortages
  • nursing shortage
  • nurse recruitment
  • care workforce
  • care worker pay
  • social care workforce
  • NHS long term workforce plan

Also searched with “NHS workforce” in each of 8 national papers, and in the Guardian by editor tag, and in trade press by category. Every term for NHS & care workforce/staffing

Verbatim

“endorsed the Academy, emphasising its role in future-proofing the workforce through shared learning and standard-setting excellence”
Clinical Quality Lead at Hospice UK · Palliative & end of life care · hellorayo.co.uk · 18 Sept 2026 · Read the article
“This Academy is an important step in future-proofing our workforce. It offers tailored opportunities for individual career development and aligns with the new NHS England Career pathway, core capabilities and education framework for palliative and end of life.”
Clinical Quality Lead, Hospice UK · NHS & care workforce/staffing · carehomeprofessional.com · 31 Dec 2025 · Read the article
“This Academy is an important step in future-proofing our workforce. It offers tailored opportunities for individual career development and aligns with the new NHS England Career pathway, core capabilities and education framework for palliative and end of life.”
Clinical Quality Lead, Hospice UK · news.cumbria.ac.uk · 19 Dec 2025 · Read the article
“This Academy is an important step in future-proofing our workforce. It offers tailored opportunities for individual career development and aligns with the new NHS England Career pathway, core capabilities and education framework for palliative and end of life.”
Clinical Quality Lead at Hospice UK · Palliative & end of life care · lep.co.uk · 16 Dec 2025 · Read the article

Related media coverage

Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.

06  Sources

References for this biography

  1. Health and Social Care Committee appoints palliative care specialists to its Independent Expert Panel. Her title as Clinical Quality Lead at Hospice UK and her appointment to the Expert Panel.
  2. Nurses join panel leading national palliative care review (Nursing Times). She has been a nurse since 1981 and a palliative care nurse for 25 years. Also her quoted views on stretched and patchy provision.
  3. Compassion and wellbeing in hospices: a restorative supervision approach (Nursing Times). Her current title as of June 2026, and her co-authorship of the restorative supervision article.
  4. 'Palliative and end-of-life care is everyone's business' (Nursing Times). Her authorship of the Nursing Times end-of-life care series launch article.
  5. North West leads the way with UK's first academy for hospice and palliative care workers. She is quoted as Clinical Quality Lead at Hospice UK on hospice workforce development.
  6. Big Conversation Tuesday 18th March 2025 Hospice at home. She chaired or presented a Hospice UK 'Big Conversation' on hospice at home.
  7. Contact the media team (Hospice UK). The media team email address and the head office address, Hospice House, 34-44 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JG.
  8. Hospice UK - Charity Commission contact information. The organisation's address and postcode, general phone number and website.

07  Contact & links

Press office email
media@hospiceuk.orgpublished here ↗
Press office phone
020 7520 8200published here ↗

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