New plan would ‘transform’ end of life care for 100,000 in England and Wales

MPs, doctors and charities have drawn up a blueprint to deliver an “unprecedented transformation” of care for 100,000 people a year in the final stages of their lives.

After parliament’s historic vote last week to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, a commission on palliative care has been set up to help improve end-of-life care.

The Guardian has seen the details of its ambition that every dying person gets high-quality medical…