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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4516374.stm
A group representing NHS managers is calling for more to be done to improve care to patients who are dying.
The report by the NHS Confederation says that high quality palliative care should be available for more people, and not just those with cancer.
There are 100 vacancies across the country in consultancies in palliative care, they need to be filled by good doctors and the rest of the medical profession needs to understand that this is a skill which they can all learn and they can all share."
Palliative care aims to give dying people pain relief and wider support to help them and their families.
The group's deputy policy director Jo Webber said: "What we are calling for is a change so that we can extend the range of people who have access to hospice type arrangements.
"So not necessarily going into a hospice, but have those sorts of range of services available for them.
"And also to strengthen some of the support for carers, for professionals working with them out in the community."
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What do you think, does the UK need better palliative care or do you think it is not necessary ?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4516374.stm
A group representing NHS managers is calling for more to be done to improve care to patients who are dying.
The report by the NHS Confederation says that high quality palliative care should be available for more people, and not just those with cancer.
There are 100 vacancies across the country in c ...[text shortened]... What do you think, does the UK need better palliative care or do you think it is not necessary ?