# Low palliative care use across Wales highlighted by Marie Curie & The Bevan Foundation

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**Created:** [2 December 2014 09:48 UTC](https://community.mariecurie.org.uk/t/low-palliative-care-use-across-wales-highlighted-by-marie-curie-the-bevan-foundation/181 "2014-12-02T09:48:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![grumpywelshman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb9ed0/32.png) [@grumpywelshman](https://community.mariecurie.org.uk/u/grumpywelshman)\
**Post date:** [2 December 2014 09:48 UTC](https://community.mariecurie.org.uk/t/low-palliative-care-use-across-wales-highlighted-by-marie-curie-the-bevan-foundation/181/1 "2014-12-02T09:48:06Z")

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I thought I’d share this report mentioned on the BBC yesterday, mentioning statistics on [palliative care in Wales](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-30267931). Goes to highlight the important work that Marie Curie and other charities do.

The report recommends the Welsh government and NHS Wales:

- Reduce the number of emergency days spent in hospital by people in the last year of life by 10%

- Commission a study to establish if people from all socio-economic groups have equal access to care

- Focus areas of low uptake such as among non-cancer patients and older people

- Establish what is causing apparent differences in provision between health boards

- Explore establishing one central database recording palliative care data from all settings

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