Spain Improves in Palliative Care Services with 450 Units, but Is Still Far From Richer European Countries

Spain has experienced a remarkable growth in the implementation of Palliative Care services, with 450 specialized teams currently, representing 0.96 services per 100,000 inhabitants, compared to 0.6 in 2019, but still far from higher-resourced European countries.

This is the Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe 2025, led by the Global Observatory of Atlantean Palliative Care at the University of Navarra -a collaborating center of the World Health Organization (WHO) - and the European Association of Palliative Care. Lack of training in universities Presented in Helsinki, within the framework of the World Congress of the European Association of Palliative Care, is the second report presented by the observato…

This is revealed by the Atlas of Palliative Care in Europe 2025, a study prepared by the Global Observatory ATLANTES of the Instituto Cultura y Sociedad (ICS) of the University of Navarra in collaboration with the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) and presented this Thursday in the framework of the 19th World Congress of the EAPC, which is held in Helsinki (Finland). According to the report, Spain has substantially increased the num…