📣 Nominations for The Daffodil Standards Awards are open until midday, Friday 6 September. The awards celebrate the contributions general practice teams have made to providing excellent end of life care. Submit your nominations today. ➡️ rcgp.org.uk/learning-resou… Marie Curie EOLC

Too many people are dying alone in Welsh hospitals

Too many people die without actually knowing they might die because of their illness.

Too many people spend their last hours in A&E

Today’s story is really important. It’s the first substantive look at experiences of people at the end of life in Wales. 'We felt on our own looking after mum in her last days' bbc.com/news/articles/…

Research reveals patchy & inconsistent end of life care including 1 in 3 dying people in England & Wales severely/overwhelmingly affected by pain in the last week of life. Full findings in Marie Curie's Time to Care report: kcl.ac.uk/news/research-… King's College London Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King's 💙

GPs unable to meet end-of-life care demands, charity warns buff.ly/3z4FKYE #endoflife #palliativecare #GPpressures

📢 Many dying people end up in A&E because there isn’t enough community care to go round. Kate experienced a lack of health and care support when caring for her dad which resulted in many trips to A&E. Since being diagnosed with terminal cancer herself, she is now moving to an

Many people in England and Wales are dying in pain without access to the services and support they and their families need, a report by the charity Marie Curie has found bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Today we welcomed Department of Health Minsister Mike Nesbitt to our Belfast Hospice. Among the issues we raised is a new Palliative Care Strategy and the increase of hospice care at home. The Minister met with IPU staff as well as spending time with Karen, one of our in-patients.

There is significant inequality of access to Palliative and End of Life Care, which is partly due to reliance on charitable giving. Today I asked the government what steps they are taking to make sure everyone has access to high quality Palliative and End of Life Care when they

📣 Still time to nominate and win free registration to RCGP Annual Primary Care Conference in Liverpool 3/5 October. The Daffodil Standards Awards are open until midday, Friday 6 September. The awards celebrate the contributions general practice teams have made to providing excellent end of life care.

Appropriate footwear, removing trip hazards, balance exercises... the list goes on for practical things that can help reduce someone's risk of falling. Our new booklet has these tips (and more!), and is free to order for you and your patients: mariecurie.org.uk/help/support/p…

'People don’t always die between the hours of 9am and 5pm. People need care and access to medication 24/7. There aren’t the resources to cover those extra hours, meaning people simply end up in A&E, where they often die – and die alone. Read Sarah Holmes in this mornings