End of life care is care that affects us all, at all ages, the living, the dying and the bereaved. It is not a response to a particular illness or condition.

When it comes to death the statistics are stark. 100% of us will die. The question is what are we all going to do about that? How are we going to create confidence in the care that we may need? And how do we promote the wellbeing of those living with loss?

We cannot defeat death. However, we can change the way we talk about dying, death and bereavement and prepare, plan, care and support those who are dying and the people who are close to them. We must strengthen and improve our ability to provide care whatever the circumstances of our dying.

Clicking on the below will open the Ambitions for Palliative and End of Life Care: A national framework for local action 2021-2026 booklet.