End of life care

'End of life' care is for anyone with an advanced progressive illness, for example people living with cancer or heart disease, neurological conditions such as motor neurone disease, and many more. End of life care is often called ‘palliative’ care.

People should be treated with dignity and respect and, where possible, in their preferred place of care, to ensure they receive high standards of care at the end of their life.

This care includes the management of pain and other symptoms at the end of life as well as psychological, social and spiritual support to help achieve the best quality of life available for patients and their families.

How much does it cost?

In the last few days of life the NHS takes over all care provision but there will still be a cost for any social care services provided, unless the patient is receiving continuing care.

Organisations that can help with ‘end of life’ care:

Pembridge Palliative Care Centre
A 13 bed inpatient unit and day care unit. A team of specialist nurses also visit patients and their families at home to advise and support them and their GPs and district nurses.
Pembridge Palliative Care Centre
St Charles Hospital
Exmoor Street
W10 6DZ
Phone: 020 8962 4411 or 020 8962 4406 to leave a message.

Trinity Hospice
A large unit in Clapham which provides care to patients in their own homes, inpatient services for those whose needs cannot be met at home, outpatient services, family support for those close to patients, and bereavement services.
30 Clapham Common North Side
SW4 0RN
Phone: 020 7787 1000
Email: enquiries@trinityhospice.org.uk