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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A new resource aims to ensure that people benefit from good social work at the end of their life, and that those close to them are supported during this time
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Almost 50,000 people a year in England experience poor care in the final months of their life, according to a new report. A coalition of seven charities said more needs
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Substance use and palliative care researchers are joining forces with five charities to explore end-of-life care for people with drink or drug issues through a comprehensive new study. Supported by
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Cancer death rates in the UK have fallen by almost 10% in the last decade, although the number of cases is still going up, new figures show. Analysis by Cancer
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A prominent right-to-die campaigner has lost his fight for life in hospital at the age of 67. Gordon Ross, who suffered from multiple health problems including Parkinson’s disease, had been
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Michelle Brown, Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at the University of Derby, has recently published a book to support healthcare and nursing professionals working in palliative and end of life
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A university-developed alert system, designed to assess the needs of people caring for terminally ill loved ones, has featured prominently in the recently published National Institute for Health Research Better
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