Marie Curie responds to latest findings that reveal cancer patients receive inadequate pain relief in final hours
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Dee Sissons, Director of Nursing for Marie Curie, said: “Seeing a loved one dying in pain is a distressing experience and can have lasting effects on family and friends. “Lack of anticipatory prescribing – which ensures medicines are readily available, and little support out of hours, are issues that need tackling. It is also essential that staff have the right training around medicine management. It is possible for pain to be managed at home when people have the right support in place. “Urgent improvements to the availability of high-quality community care and 24/7 palliative care are needed to ensure people can die at home in comfort and with dignity.” |
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