| Palliative care action plan for Scotland |
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Living and Dying Well, the new national action plan for palliative care and end of life care in Scotland (published by NHS Scotland) has been launched by Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon today (2 October 2008). ACT, the UK children’s palliative care charity, although disappointed that the action plan does not directly highlight nor recognise the specific needs of children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, welcomes the plan’s commitment to ensure that good palliative care and end of life care is available to all patients and families who need it. ACT says that there are currently about 1200 children in Scotland will not live to reach adulthood. Although children‘s needs have not been highlighted within the plan, ACT is heartened that the action plan has identified a range of further work that will need to take place in the next two years in order to develop an accessible and cohesive approach to palliative and end of life care, and this includes developing recommendations on appropriate service configurations to meet the needs of adolescents and young people with palliative and end of life care needs. You can access the Scottish Government Press Release about the action plan here http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2008/10/02113708 You can also download a PDF of the action plan here: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/10/01091608/0 |
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