Pain relief plea for terminally ill

Name: Pain relief plea for terminally ill
Uploaded: 2014-03-09T09:05:18.000Z
Duration: 1 min 37 s
Description: Some terminally ill patients are suffering unnecessarily because of poor access to pain control at home, according to a leading health charity.

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Some terminally ill patients are suffering unnecessarily because of poor access to pain control at home, according to a leading health charity.

A report for Marie Curie Cancer Care highlights what it calls "terrifying" delays for prescriptions, and carers feeling "abandoned".

Sophie Hutchinson reports.

Health

9 March 2014