Hospitals may be withholding food and drink from older patients so they die quicker to cut costs and save on bad spaces, leading doctors have warned. Thousands of terminally ill people are placed on a ...

Decisions on when patients are reaching the end of their life should be taken by a number of health experts rather than relying on the medical opinion of just one doctor, according to new guidance ...

Government announces reforms after independent review finds lack of compassion, staff skills and person-centred care in treatment of dying people by hospitals. The Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP) will be ...