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Motion · S4M-07599 · 5 Sep 2013

Marie Curie, Signpost to Palliative Care

Lodged by Nanette Milne Members' Business Motion 31 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament welcomes the publication in the European Journal of Palliative Care on 9 September 2013 of the study, How good is primary care at identifying patients who need palliative care?; notes that the study was carried out in partnership by Marie Curie Cancer Care, the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian; understands that only 20% of patients with a non-cancer diagnosis were identified for palliative care before dying; further understands that patients who were identified for palliative care received it too late to fully benefit; considers that patients and primary care staff find it difficult to discuss death and dying; believes that more needs to be done to offer supportive and palliative care to more people with life-threatening illnesses in North East Scotland and across the country, and supports the Good Life, Good Death, Good Grief initiative as a way of tackling what it sees as the Scottish taboo of talking about death.

Supporters (31)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.