![]() "The combination of gaps in palliative care and more people becoming terminally ill due to delays is frightening"įurther results from the survey showed 72% of respondents believed professionals were not recognising when patients needed specialist palliative care, while 71% thought opportunities were being missed to refer patients. One of the key results was 86% agreed that some patients were now terminally ill due to treatment delays or a late diagnosis.Ĭonsequently, end-of-life charity Marie Curie, which partnered with the APM on the survey, has called for amendments to be made to the Health and Care Bill that is currently being debated in the House of Lords so that local NHS teams are required by law to provide specialist palliative care services across England. It was done between December 2021 and early January 2022 and respondents were made up of APM members such as clinical nurse specialists, consultants, specialty doctors and junior doctors, across the UK and Ireland.
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