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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Denis Campbell Health policy editor

Gaps in NHS end-of-life care ‘denying ill children chance to die at home’

Sarah Buchan Cooke with her son Dylan.
Sarah Buchan Cooke needed support from Great Ormond Street children’s hospital and hospice Haven House during her son Dylan’s final days. Photograph: Handout

Seriously ill children are being denied the chance to die at home because the NHS in many parts of England is flouting its legal duty to provide the care needed to make that happen, critics say.

The widespread failure to provide at-home end-of-life care is forcing children who want to die at home to instead do so in hospital. Campaigners have described it as “cruel”.

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