Reports

The report provides an update on the levels of palliative care development worldwide highlighting how the situation has changed since the last report in 2006.

Download the Mapping levels of palliative care development: a global update 2011 for free.

You can download the 2006 report from the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance website.

The report highlights how building partnerships and sharing the care can improve the quality of life for even the most vulnerable and marginalised people living with a life-limiting illness.

By working in partnership, some of the most hard to reach groups can access the vital palliative care that they need to manage their physical, psychosocial, spiritual and social problems.  

Access to pain relief – an essential human right The report provides a global snapshot of the availability of vital pain relieving drugs. It looks in detail at why so many people do not have access to basic drugs named on WHO’s ‘Essential Medicines List’.

You can download a copy of Access to pain relief – an essential human right for free or contact info@helpthehospices.org.uk for a printed copy at a cost of £10 incl. postage.

This report was launched on World Hospice and Palliative Care Day October 8th 2005. It details the current situation of hospice and palliative care globally. This important report describes the principles of hospice and palliative care and highlights the current issues facing its delivery through facts and figures, case studies and photographs

Download suffering at the end of life - the state of the world report for free or contact info@helpthehospices.org.uk for a printed copy at a cost of £10 incl. postage.

For World Hospice and Palliative Care Day 2006, Help the Hospices produced a report on Access issues in the UK. This report shows how hospice and palliative care services in the UK strive to meet the challenge of ensuring that everyone within communities get the services they need.

Email worldday@helpthehospices.org.uk  to purchase a copy of the report for £10 or receive a free electronic version of the Hospice and Palliative Care – Access for All report