MPs across divide call for better palliative care after assisted dying vote

Posted on November 30, 2024 by Admin

Layla Moran and Diane Abbott say end-of-life care needs more funding after bill passed for England and Wales

MPs on both sides of the debate over assisted dying have called for improvements to palliative care, regardless of whether parliament eventually enacts legalisation.

Layla Moran, who supported the bill at its second reading on Friday, and Diane Abbott, who did not, agreed that more funding was required to improve end-of-life care during a joint-interview on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

Private equity ownership of US hospice centers boomed in recent years – study

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Admin

Investors spent about $1tn buying healthcare facilities over last decade, leading to reports of worsening patient care

Private equity investors are increasingly buying up hospice centers – healthcare facilities meant to focus on pain relief and emotional support for people near the end of their lives.

The new study was published in the journal Health Affairs and provides more evidence of how private equity have acquired firms using often sophisticated and opaque ownership structures.

Deborah James ‘cannot thank people enough’ after £2m raised for Bowelbabe Fund

Posted on May 10, 2022 by Admin

Presenter of BBC podcast You, Me And The Big C said on social media she did not know ‘how long I’ve got left’

The podcaster Deborah James has said she “cannot thank people enough” as a fundraiser for cancer research raised over £2m since she announced she had been moved to hospice at home care.

In a post on Monday, James, who has terminal bowel cancer, told followers on social media that she did not know “how long I’ve got left”.