People are increasingly comfortable talking about death but too many are not “getting their affairs in order”, experts have warned. The Dying Matters Coalition and the National Council for Palliative
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The concept of the so-called “weekend effect” on mortality rates for patients admitted to hospital on Saturdays and Sundays is a “major oversimplification” of a complex issue, experts have said.
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The average British family “cannot afford cancer”, a leading charity has warned. Families earning average wages with average outgoings would end up around £200 in the red each month if
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Some groups of people are “often excluded from wider health services” affecting their end-of-life care, a report found. Groups mentioned in the report as being disadvantaged are people who are
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A lack of data about palliative care staff could lead staff shortages in the next few years, a new report from the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) has said.
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Medical staff have been urged to communicate better with the family of patients who are dying, after an audit found tens of thousands of patients are having do not resuscitate
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End-of-life care in England is heading for a “meltdown”, a leading cancer charity has warned. Many dying patients are not getting proper pain relief, they are not being involved in
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Close friends and family of patients who are dying in hospitals in England are not always being told about decisions about their loved one’s care, a new audit has found.
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There have been improvements in the care of the dying in hospitals since a controversial end-of-life care regime was scrapped, experts have said. In the two years since the Liverpool
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A new research project aims to develop software that can predict when people are likely to die. Scientists plan to use data routinely collected by healthcare providers, including information on
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