Celebrities make emotional appeals to demand Andy Burnham address end-of-life care

• Research by Marie Curie reveals that nearly one in three people in England dies without adequate care and support, representing approximately 170,000 people annually.
• High-profile figures, including Sir Michael Palin and Alison Steadman , have shared personal accounts of loss to back calls for an overhaul of end-of-life care.
• Demand for palliative services is projected to increase by 25 per cent by 2048, driven by an ageing population and rising levels of complex illness.
• Marie Curie is urging the Westminster government to publish a strategy backed by a £200 million-a-year fund over three years to fix patchy palliative provision.
• The Department of Health and Social Care pledged to improve palliative care through a new Modern Service Framework to address funding and service gaps.

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