Palliative and End-of-Life Care Commission publish first report
The Palliative and End-of-Life Care Commission has published its first report, entitled ‘Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care – Opportunities for England (Volume 1)’.
The report finds that access to high-quality palliative care is unevenly provided across the UK, and makes the case that everyone who has palliative care needs should be able to access well-resourced community services.
The report recommends the development of a national strategy for palliative and end-of-life care, as well as other recommendations which include improvements to community-based rapid response services, better support for carers and families, education and training for all health and social care staff, and improvements in understanding around palliative care, hospices and dying.
You can read the report, and find out more about the Commission, here: https://palliativecarecommission.uk