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  • The review looking at how the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) is being used in practice is to be chaired by crossbench peer Baroness Julia Neuberger…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The review looking at how the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) is being used in practice is to be chaired by crossbench peer Baroness Julia Neuberger, Care and Support Minister Norman Lamb announced today.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Department of Health has today announced £5 million of funding for businesses to come up with new products or services that will help improve the experience of people with mental health illnesses and people at the end of…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Businesses are being encouraged to come up with new products or services that will help improve the experience of people with mental health illnesses and people the end of their life, by £5 million funding for two competitio…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Wide variations in the quality of end of life care across the country were revealed in statistics published today by the Office of National Statistics.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Thank you Michelle [Mitchell, Charity Director General]. I want to talk today about a great challenge facing our society. A challenge even…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The department has published the fourth annual report on progress in delivering the End of Life Care Strategy, which was published in 2008.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • In a world first, the Government has turned the spotlight on the quality of care received by people in the last three months of their life. 

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Hospices are to benefit from up to £60 million of funding to help improve the quality of care for people nearing the end of their lives, Care Services Minister Paul Burstow announced today.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More people should be able to spend their final days in a place of their choice and new Government funding will help to make this happen, Health Secretary Andrew Lansley announced today.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Manual for Cancer Services is an integral part of the NHS Cancer Plan and modernisation of cancer services. A draft version of the Specialist…

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The Department has issued a call for expressions of interest from organisations wishing to apply to be Palliative Care Funding pilot sites.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • The end of life care strategy set out an extensive programme of work when it was published in July 2008. The two previous progress reports have charted significant progress and a building momentum.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Toolkit has been developed as part of the pilot study to provide support to those organisations who have prioritised resources to undertake these local surveys.

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Documents to gather information from primary care trusts on how they have invested additional funding for specialise palliative care.