Call for NHS to do more to help terminally ill people die at home

Call for NHS to do more to help terminally ill people die at home NICE call comes as data for England show 5% rise in people dying at home and 11% drop in hospital deaths

The government’s health advisers are urging the NHS to do more to help terminally ill patients achieve their wish of dying at home.

The call by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) comes after figures showed that fewer patients were dying in hospital and more were passing away at home or in a care home or hospice. The Guardian