Findings of the National End of Life Survey | 2023
Summary of findings: Care in hospital in the last two days of life
In total, 1,799 participants said that their relative or friend died in hospital.
The highest-scoring question related to kindness and compassion from healthcare sta, with 86.4% of bereaved relatives (1,454 of 1,682) saying that their relative or friend was always treated with kindness and compassion by healthcare sta during the last two days of their life. The lowest-scoring question related to emotional needs, with 15.6% of people (156 of 1,002) saying that healthcare sta did not help and support their relative or friend with their emotional needs (for example feeling worried, feeling anxious, feeling low).
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