END of life care services in Wales are to receive a £1 million funding boost.
The money will be used for a number of initiatives to support people who are approaching the end of their lives, and their families.
Extra training will be provided for health professionals, to help them initiate difficult conversations about end of life care with patients and their families.
The funding will also support the development of an all-Wales advanced care planning electronic record system, to take forward priorities for research, and to support GPs.
It will also be used to encourage a compassionate community approach to end of life care, through projects such as the ‘Byw Nawr - Live Now’ initiative, which aims to get people in Wales talking more openly about dying, death and bereavement.
The money will support the delivery of the Welsh Government’s three-year End of Life Care Delivery Plan 2017-2020, published earlier this year.
Around £6.4m in funding supports specialist palliative care services provided by hospices and health boards throughout Wales.
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