Marie Curie has welcomed the UK government's commitment to develop a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework for England, but has warned that it must deliver swift action
More than three quarters (78%) of paramedics sometimes fear doing the wrong thing when caring for people in the last year of life, new research has found.
Marie Curie Nurses are working closely with GP practices across Derby and Derbyshire as part of a new initiative to improve end of life care across the county.
The UK's leading end of life charity Marie Curie has secured commitments from 16 English councils to exempt terminally ill residents from council tax, with more expected to follow.