What will it take to improve palliative care to give patients a 'meaningful choice'?

Marie Curie

By Emma Wilkinson

The debate over assisted dying in England and Wales has brought renewed attention to palliative care. As medics working in the service warn that it is in dire crisis, Emma Wilkinson looks at what needs to happen.

Palliative care doctors giving evidence to MPs on the assisted dying committee at Westminster painted a stark picture of an “inadequate” service that currently mainly serves those who are “white, rich and have cancer”.