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Who provides palliative care?

Palliative care is provided by GPs, district nurses, hospital doctors and nurses as part of their normal care of patients. They can arrange access to specialist palliative care for those with more complex problems.

Specialist Palliative Care Services

Hospices and NHS Specialist Palliative Care Units provide in-patient, day-care and home-care services staffed by a team whose specialist training enables them to help people with particularly complex problems.

Hospitals may have a specialist palliative care team or palliative care support nurse. Macmillan nurses provide advice and support both to hospitals and to people at home. Marie Curie community nurses provide nursing care to patients at home.

The following pages have more information on particular services around Scotland:

All Palliative Care Services by Map/NHS Board Region

Hospices & Specialist Palliative Care Services
 
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