Andy Burnham has today been urged to fund end-of-life care, as research reveals 22,000 people will die without adequate support this summer.
Marie Curie has written a letter to the prime minister-in-waiting, calling on him to channel an extra £200million a year into palliative services.
This, the charity says, would act as a ‘catalyst for change’ by reducing hospital admissions.
In turn, this could save the NHS an estimated £775million to £790million.
Currently, £9.5billion of funding is given to end-of-life care every year. And 81 per cent of this is directed towards hospitals, rather than services in the community.
As a result, Marie Curie says,
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