About 300 hospice inpatient beds are currently closed or out of use in England, hospice leaders have warned. They say a lack of funding and staff are the primary reasons why some of England's 170 hospices have had to close beds permanently or take them out of use.

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Around 300 hospice inpatient beds have been closed or out of use in England, according to a survey that cited chronic underfunding and staffing shortages as the primary causes.
Hospice UK, which represents more than 200 hospices across the country, said on Wednesday that urgent funding is needed to prevent further cuts.
The closures, which represent 14 percent of the hospice sector’s 2,200-bed capacity in England, have added strain to an already…

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Only 5 years have passed since ex-president Čaputová said that she wants to live in a country where people will not be afraid of dying, but the fear of dying can become an unpleasant reality today. Slovak hospices warn that if health insurance companies do not increase their payments, they will have to close their doors to palliative patients.

Od slov exprezidentky Čaputovej, že chce žiť v krajine, kde sa ľudia nebudú báť zomierať, síce uplynulo iba 5 rokov, no obava z umierania sa dnes môže stať neblahou realitou. Slovenské hospice varujú, že ak im zdravotné poisťovne nezvýšia platby, budú musieť pre paliatívnych pacientov zavrieť svoje brány.

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If there are not enough palliative care beds, there is a risk that acute beds in hospitals will be used

Ak nebude k dispozícii dostatok lôžok paliatívnej starostlivosti, hrozí, že sa budú využívať akútne lôžka v nemocniciach

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