Palliative care review urges free end-of-life social care
Free social care should be provided at the end of life so that no one dies in hospital for want of a package of support, a review into palliative care
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Tag: Palliative Care
New rights to complain for Welsh service users
People in Wales who fund their own social care or receive palliative care will be able to make complaints about those services to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales (PSOW)
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Drakeford praises Welsh palliative care
Families and patients rated palliative care services in Wales overwhelmingly positive, a new report published today shows. The average feedback score for specialist palliative care services, according to the results
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Charities warn many health boards ‘ignore needs of dying’
The needs of dying people and their families are being “ignored” by many local health bodies, charities warned. Just over four in 10 Health and Wellbeing Boards in England consider
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Report: Palliative care for people with learning disabilities
An article examined the views of people with learning disabilities, their family and carers, concerning palliative care. It said that people with learning disabilities were able to have conversations about
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Palliative care leading to more people being able to die at home
Specialist palliative care services in the community are continuing to lead to more people being able to die at home, according to a new report out today from the National
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Concern over dramatic rise in palliative care deaths
The way hospitals record deaths could be covering up poor treatment and costing lives, according to a new report. Figures show a dramatic rise in the number of people recorded
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Palliative care for dementia
An article examined perceived barriers to the delivery of high quality palliative care for people with dementia in England. It identified four broad themes: ambivalence towards the systematization of care;
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Poots launches consultation on children’s palliative care
Health Minister Edwin Poots today launched the public consultation on the final phase in the review of paediatric healthcare services in Northern Ireland. This phase focuses on the palliative and
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