Palliative care

  • NHS Choices

    Guide on End of Life care, including planning ahead and your wellbeing.

    Website
    End of life care – NHS (www.nhs.uk)

  • Dying matters

    Planning things like what type of funeral you want and who to leave your belongings to can make your final days easier, giving you more time with family and friends.

    Website
    Planning ahead | Hospice UK

  • St Catherine’s Hospice

    Our vision is to help local people facing conditions like cancer, heart failure, respiratory disease and motor neurone disease to have a quality of life, to the end of life.

    Website
    St Catherine’s Hospice

  • Citizens Advice

    If you have a terminal illness, you’ll usually get PIP automatically. The DWP will fast-track your application – this means:
    – you won’t have to fill out as many forms
    – you won’t have to go to a face to face assessment
    – you should get your first payment sooner

    Website
    How to claim PIP if you have a terminal illness – Citizens Advice

  • MacMillan

    If you or someone you care about has been diagnosed with cancer, we’re here to help. Find out how we support you and get information about different cancer types.

    Website
    Macmillan Cancer Support

  • Marie Curie

    We provide expert hospice care, support over the phone, and we push for a better end of life for all by campaigning and sharing research to change the system.

    Website
    Marie Curie

  • Carers UK

    Our mission is to make life better for carers. We provide information and advice on caring, help carers connect with each other, campaign with carers for lasting change, and use innovation to improve services. 

    Website
    Carers UK

  • Carers Trust

    We work to transform the lives of unpaid carers through our innovative programme work, influencing policy, undertaking research and providing specialist resources for professionals.

    Website
    Carers Trust

  • Cancer Research UK- Care planning

    Your doctors and nurses might talk to you about advance care planning. This means making decisions about how you would like to be cared for if you become too ill to communicate your wishes in the future.

    Website
    Care planning | Cancer Research UK

  • Age UK – Care plans

    If you’re found to have care and support needs after your care needs assessment, you’ll get a care plan. This sets out the help you can expect to meet your care needs. 

    Website
    Care Plan- Age UK

  • Alzheimer’s Society

    We give vital support to help people manage their condition today. We also give hope for the future by funding new treatments that could improve people’s quality of life, while also being the loudest voice campaigning for a better life for people living with dementia.

    Website
    Alzheimer’s Society

  • British Medical Association

    British Medical Association have produced an information leaflet for patients who are thinking about their care should they become seriously ill.

    Leaflet
    Thinking about care if you are
    seriously ill – a patient’s guide (PDF)