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HOSPICE workers have discussed how their jobs have changed and how they have kept going throughout the coronavirus pandemic. The three East Lancashire hospices have all continued their Hospice from Home services as well as continuing to keep in contact with those who have lost a loved one who was in hospice. At East Lancashire Hospice and Pendleside Hospice, the inpatient units have continued to operate under limited visiting access. Early on in the pandemic, people receiving inpatient care were unable to have visitors in their final days. In normal circumstances, the hospices would be full of life, with friends and family members visiting their loved ones and being at their bedside through the end of their life. ....