Palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and their families. The need for palliative care will increase because the population is ageing. Palliative care is becoming better known in many European countries. However, the knowledge available on this type of care is currently not yet fully implemented in practice.

“We will identify which aspects of the organisation of palliative care require change. The study will include 40 care services in five European countries. International collaboration is essential to us: a strategy that is effective in the Netherlands may not be effective in England because of the differing healthcare systems.”