Palliative Care Bill
In progressCurrently at: 2nd reading in the Commons.
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Long title
A Bill to confer on patients a right to choose where to receive palliative care; and for connected purposes.
Summary
The Bill would make provision for patients to request where they received palliative care: in a hospital or specialist hospital, in a hospice or at home. It would require the relevant NHS body to take all reasonable steps to fulfil such requests. The Bill also makes provision for regulations governing standards of palliative care, which is defined in the Bill as 'care given with the intention of improving the quality of life of persons with a terminal illness.'
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading· Commons
21 January 2009 – 21 January 2009
- 2nd reading· Commons
24 April 2009 – 24 April 2009
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. Bill ID: 410.