The gap between where the rich and poor die widened during the pandemic, new research has found. The study compares home deaths in the UK in 2020 to 2019. It was published in Palliative Medicine by researchers at King’s, Hull York Medical School at the University of Hull and Professor Stephen Barclay at the University […]
New quality measures needed in end-of-life care
New quality measures are urgently needed for end-of-life and palliative care, to assess the care given to all patients in all settings, say researchers at the University of Cambridge’s Primary Care Unit. That’s because in the UK and elsewhere, end-of life care is provided in many different settings and by a wide range of health […]