Despite real improvements,24-hour availability of specialist palliative care in hospitals ‘should be the norm’ but is notNHS care of people dying in hospital is much better care since the Liverpool Care Pathway was axed, but too many are still not receiving proper palliative care in their final hours, and a recent report has found.
Those who die overnight or at the weekend may be denied the right care because only 11% of hospital trusts in England provide specialist palliative services around the clock,according to a detailed audit of terminate-of-life care. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com