Make end of life care fair
Together we won a crucial change that will help end the postcode lottery for palliative care in England.
Following our campaign to Make End of Life Care Fair, the government has made a crucial change to their Health and Care Bill.
The change will mean that in the future end of life care must be provided by law in every part of England where local people need it. This will in time help to end the postcode lottery for palliative care that currently faces so many people at the end of their lives.
This is brilliant news, and we are so grateful for the help of Marie Curie supporters in making this happen. Our campaigning to ensure no dying person misses out on care isn't over, but for now, we are delighted with this huge step forward.
I wouldn't wish this kind of end of life experience on anyone. People keep blaming it on the pandemic, but I don't think you can keep saying that. Given my mam's health history, and the fact she'd started calling the GP repeatedly for pain problems when she hadn't before, why didn't somebody notice something was wrong? Why wasn't something done sooner?
What did the campaign call for?
What happens next?
The Bill will become law later in 2022. After it is enacted, we will continue to campaign to ensure that people in every part of the country can get the end of life and palliative care they need.
Want to know more?
Read Marie Curie's full briefing on why these changes were needed.
Success for Make End of Life Care campaign
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