International comparisons in palliative care provision: A report for the Scottish Parliament

Professor David Clark has given evidence to the Scottish Parliament Health and Sport Committee inquiry on palliative care. The full text of his written report International comparisons in palliative care provision: What can the indicators tell us? is now available.

As Wellcome Trust Investigator on the Global Interventions at the End of Life research project and founder of the End of Life Studies Group at the University of Glasgow, Professor Clark was commissioned to write the report and to give evidence, answering questions on his report to the Committee at Holyrood on 15 September 2015.

• Read David Clark’s report International comparisons in palliative care provision: What can the indicators tell us? (PDF)
• Read the Scottish Parliament’s call for views ‘We need to talk about palliative care’ and the written submissions received
• Download the Scottish Parliament’s transcript of the Health and Sport Committee (PDF)
• Read the Scottish Parliament’s official report of the Health and Sport Committee

Watch footage of the proceedings (48 minutes):

Media coverage of the inquiry:

• Thousands in Scotland ‘not receiving pallative care’, BBC Scotland News, 15/09/15
• Report says 10,000 people miss out on palliative care before dying, The Courier
• David Clark interview on BBC Scotland Good Morning Scotland (listen again on iPlayer) 00:02:24
• Dr Craig White interview on BBC Scotland The Kaye Adams Programme (listen again on iPlayer) 12:32:42
• Moray Firth Radio, 12:03:11
• 10,000 Scots miss out on palliative care, The Times (Scotland), p22
• Thousands lacking end of life care, Katrine Bussey, The Scotsman, p7
• 10,000 slip through special care net, The Herald, p8
• 10,000 miss end of life care, Katrine Bussey, The Scottish Daily Mail, p27
• More than 10,000 dying without palliative care, The National, p10
• End-of-life care patient lottery, Press and Journal, p11
• Scottish Parliament hears evidence on palliative care from University expert, University of Glasgow News
• More than 10,000 Scots ‘die every year without palliative care’, Karen Greenshields, STV News (with video)
• More research needed on quality and availability of palliative care in Scotland, Nina Hathway, CareHome News
• ‘10,000 Scots per year’ die without special care, Tom Freeman, Holyrood News
• 10000 people miss out on palliative care before dying, report says, Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra
• Report: 10,000 People Miss Out On Palliative Care Before Dying, NorthSound 1
• 10,000 miss out on end of life care, Aberdeen Evening Express, p8
• Scottish Parliament hears evidence on palliative care from University expert, MyScience
• Palliative care shortcomings are highlighted, Evening Times, p15
• Report calls for improved data on palliative care provision and quality in Scotland, Tom Moran, ehospice UK 16/09/15
• Palliative care report highlights need for improved data in Scotland and worldwide, ehospice International 16/09/15
• International comparisons in palliative care Widows & Widowers magazine, 17/09/15
• Report calls for improved end-of-life care data collection in Scotland, Care Appointments, 17/09/15

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