An estimated 20 terminally ill people in the UK die in unrelieved pain each day, highlighting a significant gap in the provision of adequate palliative care.
More than 7,300 people across the UK died with unrelieved pain in the last three months of their lives in 2023, signaling a critical failing in the healthcare system.
Fewer than 5% of terminally ill people in England who needed hospice care in 2023 actually received it, prompting urgent questions about healthcare accessibility.
The debate over the legalisation of assisted dying is intensifying, especially in light of the OHE's findings regarding inadequate pain management in terminally ill patients.
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