{"id":461,"date":"2011-11-23T14:31:14","date_gmt":"2011-11-23T14:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/?p=461"},"modified":"2011-11-23T14:31:14","modified_gmt":"2011-11-23T14:31:14","slug":"report-highlights-large-geographical-variation-in-canadian-palliative-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2011\/11\/23\/report-highlights-large-geographical-variation-in-canadian-palliative-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Report highlights large geographical variation in Canadian palliative care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An expert committee on palliative and compassionate care have released a report which highlights worrying deficiencies in palliative care services in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The document, entitled \u2018Not to be forgotten: Care of vulnerable Canadians\u2019 concluded that whilst some progress had been made in recent years, there were still serious shortcomings, with only 16-30% of those who need it receiving palliative care.<\/p>\n<p>They also noted that palliative care services formed a \u201cpatchwork\u201d around the country, with huge variations in access even within the same city. In less-populated, rural regions the scarcity of services is much more pronounced, with many Canadians having no access to end-of-life care whatsoever.<\/p>\n<p>The committee strongly advocated the development of a national Palliative Care Strategy, stating that \u201ceven Georgia, in the former Soviet Union, and Poland have national strategies\u201d. They also recommended an integrative model of palliative care which recognises the benefits of caring for seriously ill individuals at home and in their communities, rather than in hospitals and other institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full report <a href=\"http:\/\/pcpcc-cpspsc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/ReportEN.pdf\">here<\/a>.<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An expert committee on palliative and compassionate care have released a report which highlights worrying deficiencies in palliative care services in Canada. The document, entitled \u2018Not to be forgotten: Care of vulnerable Canadians\u2019 concluded that whilst some progress had been made in recent years, there were still serious shortcomings, with only 16-30% of those who [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/2011\/11\/23\/report-highlights-large-geographical-variation-in-canadian-palliative-care\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/spcare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}