Dr Michelle Hills: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Clinician
- Role
- Chief medical officer at Martin House Children's Hospice; paediatric palliative medicine consultant
- Quoted on
- Palliative & end of life care
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“When families choose not to pursue certain treatments, they are not refusing care — they are choosing a different kind of care, focused on comfort and quality of life.”
What Dr Michelle Hills has said
“Society needs to talk more openly about death, dying and grief. We need to extend this conversation to include the reality that children can die too. And we need to consider how we talk honestly and kindly to children about ill health, death, grief and bereavement.”
Chief Medical Officer at Martin House Children's Hospice and Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine · Palliative & end of life care · 29 Sept 2026 · Martin House doctor shares realities of children’s palliative care in new book ↗
“Society needs to talk more openly about death, dying and grief. We need to extend this conversation to include the reality that children can die too. And we need to consider how we talk honestly and kindly to children about ill health, death, grief and bereavement.”
Chief Medical Officer at Martin House Children's Hospice · Palliative & end of life care · 29 Sept 2026 · Martin House doctor pens book on reality of children's palliative care ↗
“Chief Medical Officer and Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine Dr Michelle Hills joined Clinical Nurse Specialist Helen Storton to lead an expert panel discussion navigating complex clinical scenarios.”
Chief Medical Officer and Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine · Palliative & end of life care · 29 Sept 2026 · Martin House hosts first regional children’s palliative care conference at redeveloped hospice ↗
“Dr Michelle Hills, Chief Medical Officer and Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine at Martin House will lead a keynote session with the hospice's Clinical Nurse Specialists entitled 'Breaking down myths in specialist paediatric palliative care: real-life case studies'.”
Chief Medical Officer and Consultant in Paediatric Palliative Medicine at Martin House · Palliative & end of life care · 12 Aug 2026 · Martin House launches inaugural paediatric palliative care conference - Inspiring Excellence ↗
Where Dr Michelle Hills has been quoted
- I’m an end-of-life care doctor — this is the main thing people get wrong about deathmetro.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Martin House doctor shares realities of children’s palliative care in new bookharrogate-news.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- Martin House doctor pens book on reality of children's palliative careyorkshireeveningpost.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- Martin House hosts first regional children’s palliative care conference at redeveloped hospiceharrogate-news.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- Martin House launches inaugural paediatric palliative care conference - Inspiring Excellenceehospice.com · 12 Aug 2026
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