But any fears the praise may go to his head are nullified by his heartbreaking experience of nursing his father Mark in his ultimately unsuccessful battle against Motor Neurone disease.

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Like Wendy Savage, Linney has had the experience of walking around a nursing home and leaving someone there.

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Olive MacLeod, director of nursing and user experience at the Northern Trust, said the trust had invested significantly in nursing and had employed 50 new nurses in 2012.

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Their letter says the new treatment pattern of palliative care, based on experience at a Liverpool hospice is being rolled out into hospitals and nursing homes.

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