Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023
Figure 3.2 Services providing care and support at home 17
0 250 500 750 1,000 1,250 1,500 1,750
1,623
Public health nurse
1,123
Paid carer
1,013
Community palliative care nurse
342
Nurse at night
1,294
GP
99
Social worker
621
Pharmacist
466
Occupational therapist
234
Physiotherapist
They did not receive care and support from these services
367
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Figure 3.3 presents the results for questions on ‘care at home’. The highest-scoring question concerned being treated with respect and dignity by the public health nurse, with 1,747 of 1,917 people (91.1%) saying that their relative or friend was always treated with respect and dignity by the public health nurse. The lowest-scoring question related to the availability of a GP to visit out of hours, with 579 of 1,482 people (39.1%) saying that the GP was not available to visit if their relative or friend required a home visit from the GP or GP out-of-hours service for help with urgent problems outside of normal working hours.
17 It was possible to select more than one response option for this question.
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