Marie Curie responds to research on patients being denied wish to die at home

Imelda Redmond CBE, Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Marie Curie, said: "We know that 91% of people would choose to die in their own homes or in a hospice. However, almost 55% of people actually die in hospital, the place they least want to be, and an estimated 114,000 people who die in hospital each year have no clinical need to be there.

"It's essential that we focus our attention on giving people the right support, to make it easier for them to move out of hospital and be cared for in their place of choice at the end of their lives - be it a care home, hospice or their family home. This needs to be the case for everyone regardless of their diagnosis. Free social care for those who are terminally ill is one of the steps that will help make this possible for more people."

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