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MAJOR REPORT HIGHLIGHTS IMPACT OF HOSPICE DEFICITS ON WHERE PEOPLE DIE

Access to Specialist Palliative Care Services and Place of Death in Ireland - what the Data Tells Us. Sharon Foley CEO Irish Hospice Foundation (left) and Eugene Murray report author.
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A major report, launched today (Wed, 26th June) by the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF), has  estimated that 2,500 patients each year are denied access to the hospice inpatient care they need because of the failure to develop hospice services countrywide.

 

This finding emerged from an examination of data from four sources over two years and is contained in the report Access to Specialist Palliative Care Services and Place of Death in Ireland – what the Data Tells Us.  The report analysed information from the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) Minimum Data Set for Palliative Care and HSE national and regional population statistics from 2011 along with the National Cancer Registry and the Hospital Inpatient Enquiry from 2010.  

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Pictured at the launch Sharon Foley, CEO of the Irish Hospice Foundation; author and  researcher of the report Eugene Murray and Dr Kathy McLoughlin editor of the report. Photo Chris Bellew / Copyright 2013 Fennell Photography
Pictured at the launch Sharon Foley, CEO of the Irish Hospice Foundation; author and researcher of the report Eugene Murray and Dr Kathy McLoughlin editor of the report. Photo Chris Bellew / Copyright 2013 Fennell Photography
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