Is more funding needed for community care?

New research from the Nuffield Trust and the Health Economics Unit, commissioned by leading end of life charity Marie Curie, finds that UK public expenditure for people in the last year of life across healthcare, social care and social security is in the region of £22 billion.

Over half (53%) of this public spending in the final year of life is spent on healthcare (£11.7bn) – or £18,020 per person who died.

Hospital care represents the largest share of healthcare spending, accounting for 81% of total healthcare spend (£9.6 billion). More than half of this healthcare spend (56%) goes on emergency hospital care (£6.6 billion).

Aston spoke to Samantha Cheverton from Marie Curie.

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