Monthly Archives: June 2015

Marie Curie report calls for more training in palliative care

Marie Curie is calling for healthcare professionals to receive further training and development in palliative care to ensure that everyone with a terminal illness gets the care and support that they need. In a new report launched today, ‘Triggers for Palliative Care’, the charity shows there is limited understanding of what palliative care can do, who it…

‘The courts, not doctors, should rule on assisted dying, should we decide to tread this dangerous path’

Professor Rob George, FRCP, President, Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain & Ireland had a letter published in the Times on 4 June (reproduced here as the Times is subscription only): ‘The courts, not doctors, should rule on assisted dying, should we decide to tread this dangerous path’ “Sir, It is for good reason…