Anticipating the need for palliative care

  1. Philippe I Parachikov, senior house officer
  1. Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK
  1. philippe.parachikov1{at}nhs.net

Mahase suggests that a 25% increase in demand for palliative care shows a need for a corresponding increase in primary and community care teams.1 While this is statistically correct, emphasis should also be placed on optimising current capacity better to identify and care for dying patients. As this article states, 20% of dying patients did not attend a GP …

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