Calls for ‘end-of-life co-ordinators’ at every big hospital

EVERY big hospital in Ireland should have an end-of-life co-ordinator to ensure dying patients get consistent quality care, the Irish Hospice Foundation has urged.

About 40 community and acute hospitals are now participating in the foundation’s flagship programme, Hospice Friendly Hospitals (HfH), which was launched last May by President Mary McAleese.

The foundation is anxious that a permanent structure is put in place to progress the work already started.