Palliative Care: LGBT People

(asked on 23rd May 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he has taken to improve palliative and end-of-life care for LGBT people.


Answered by
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Ben Gummer
This question was answered on 27th May 2016

We are committed to ensuring that everyone who is at, or approaching, the end of life has access to high quality, compassionate care that is tailored to their individual needs and preferences.

Many people already receive excellent end of life care but, as shown by the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) recent review of inequalities in end of life care, A different ending: Addressing inequalities in end of life care, there is clearly more that can be done to ensure that all patients experience good quality care, regardless of their age, gender, race, condition, sexual orientation or gender identity.

We welcome the CQC’s review and we will work together with NHS England to use its findings, and those of the ACCESSCare: Advanced Cancer Care Equality Strategy for Sexual Minorities study, when it is published, to inform ongoing work to reduce inequalities in access to care.

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