Government commits to high quality end of life care

The government has made 6 commitments to the public to end variations in end of life care across the health system by 2020. These are:

• honest discussions between care professionals and dying people
• dying people making informed choices about their care
• personalised care plans for all
• the discussion of personalised care plans with care professionals
• the involvement of family and carers in dying people’s care
• a main contact so dying people know who to contact at any time of day

The commitments are in response to an independent review of end of life care.

To read more, go to: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-commits-to-high-quality-end-of-life-care