Majority of UK adults worried about access to palliative care, survey suggests
Almost two-thirds of UK adults are worried about access to palliative and end-of-life care, according to a survey.
The results, released on the same day a debate on assisted dying is taking place at Parliament, should be a “wake-up call for current and future governments”, researchers said.
Palliative care is described by the NHS as care which makes someone who has an illness that cannot be cured as comfortable as possible by managing their pain and other distressing symptoms.
It is important that everyone is able to choose what type of
