Table 5 Recommendations for service improvement from the End-of-Life Care Strategy [37]

○ Commitment to equal access to services

○ Recognition of distinct preferences regarding: the chaplaincy service; support needs of carers and families; organ donation; care and disposal of the corpse; and, bereavement care

○ The holistic assessment of needs, includes spiritual and cultural needs

○ Awareness raising about death and dying in 'religious organisations such as churches, mosques, synagogues'

○ The need for interpretation services

○ The need for the ethnicity and religion monitoring

○ The need for 'spiritual, religious and cultural care competences' to be 'adopted within all core training'