Submitted on Monday 16th May 2016
Published on Thursday 19th May 2016
Current status: Closed
Closed: Saturday 19th November 2016
Signatures: 26
Petition Minister of Health - Establish Hospice Suites in NHS Hospitals
The current Office of National Statistics survey of End of Life Care, ‘Voices’, shows 96% of the dying strongly prefer home care or some more private and congenial place to die than the wards of a Hospital. Only 3% prefer Hospital yet half of deaths annually in England will occur on the wards.
Hospice care is the ‘centre of excellence’ for palliative care but most of us will die on the wards. We could have privacy, dignity and specialised care in Hospice Suites requiring reorganisation rather than more resources to establish.
A recent Select Committee hearing had an NHS spokesman claiming this provision would reduce the skills of generalist Nurses and Doctors, as if patients exist only to provide practical experience for medical staff. The dying should enjoy the best we can provide.
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