Press releases

Staff members Éabhall & Usha headed up to the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) in Birmingham to find out more about the process of registering a Lasting Power of Attorney for Health and Welfare (LPA).

The End of Life Advocacy Project was launched in January by Compassion in Dying in partnership with Age UK (East London).

Professor Jenny Kitzinger exposes the myth that next of kin can ensure our wishes are respected if we cannot make health-related decisions and explains the role of ‘living wills’.

Yesterday the older people on our Steering Group shared with us their thoughts on end-of-life care, and the feelings of the local community in light of the recent and current media interest in end of life care.

A new report from charity Compassion in Dying, finds that almost half of those who have lost someone close to them through a short or long illness, feel their loved one died badly (45%).

A new study, which looked at in excess of 200 calls to Compassion in Dying, found that a major barrier to patients exercising choice was doctors’ failure to engage with patients about their Advance Decision and the lack of systems in place to record them.

We were delighted to learn this week that we have been invited by Big Lottery Silver Dreams Fund to submit a full application for the roll out funding.   The Silver Dreams Fund received 35 strong entries, far more than they could shortlist, so we have done really well to get this far.

End-of-Life rights and choices have been headline news this week.  And given that 82% of people in the UK have strong views about how they wish to be treated at the end of life, it is important to note that people facing the end of their lives do have rights under the current law.

Following an independent review into the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP), facilitated by the Department of Health, a number of recommendations have been made, including the phasing out of the LCP in favour of individual end of life care plans.

On the 60th anniversary of Sue Ryder providing care to those with life-changing illness, including those facing their end of life, we welcome their report findings that end-of-life care should be personalised, and that the patient should be at the centre of decisions make about their care.