New plan would ‘transform’ end of life care for 100,000 in England and Wales

Palliative care commission set up to provide high-quality, holistic support following assisted dying vote

• Assisted dying bill brings critical state of palliative care into government's focus

MPs, doctors and charities have drawn up a blueprint to deliver an unprecedented transformation" of care for 100,000 people a year in the final stages of their lives.

After parliament's historic vote last week to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales, a commission on palliative care has been set up to help improve end-of-life care.