Petition · past parliament

Regulate the transfer of terminally people ill from home to palliative care.

Closed 55 signatures

What the petition asks

Transfers from home to palliative care usually involve a number of public and commercial services, each following their own safeguarding procedures. However, if serious omissions are to be avoided there is a pressing need for a mechanism which locks these different safeguarding procedures together.
A central Government initiative, in the form of national protocol or code of practice, would help to ensure that certain standards are achieved by all those involved in transferring the terminally ill from home to palliative care.

Any central Government protocol or code of practice would need to be embedded in the various safeguarding procedures and this should lead to improved collaboration, better communication and a more collaborative way of working for all those involved.

Timeline

17 Sep 2018 Petition opened for signatures
17 Mar 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 55
Status Closed
Opened 17 Sep 2018
Closed 17 Mar 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.