Published 14 May 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b1965
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;338:b1965
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More people should be supported to die at home, MPs say
Clare Dyer
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A lack of NHS and social support services is condemning many people to end their lives in hospital when there is no clinical need for them to be there, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has concluded.
In its report on end of life care in England, the influential committee of MPs calls for 24 hour district nursing and access to advice and treatment out of hours to cut the numbers of unnecessary hospital admissions.
The committee, which acts as a check on public spending, notes that most people express a wish to die at home but that 60% die in an acute hospital, even when there is no clinical need for hospitalisation. "People should have the right to die in the place of their choice," it says.
People who die in hospital "are not always afforded the end of life care they deserve, including effective pain management and
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