| Belgium | England (UK) | France | Germany | Netherlands | Poland | Spain |
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Laws regarding PC | Law 14 June2002 to ensure the right of access to palliative care | / | Law 99–477 9 June1999 designed to ensure the right of access to palliative care | National level, Social Code Book V (introduced 20. December 1988) and Social Code Book XI (introduced 26 May 1994) § 39a covers in- and outpatient hospice services | / | / | / |
Amendment § 39a deals with special requirements for the care in children’s hospices | |||||||
The Statutory Health Insurance Competition Strengthening Act (SHI-CSA), April 2007: Incentives for better coordination of care | |||||||
Law 2005–370 of 22 April 2005 concerning patient rights and the end of life | |||||||
Other regulations concerning PC | Royal Decrees concerning minimum service provision requirements in different PC settings and funding, free medical care for PC patients at home and palliative caregivers leave | Â | Circulars published in 2008 by the French Ministry of Health: Healthcare organisation guidelines for palliative care services | 2007, GB-A: new regulations on specialised palliative home care services | Agreement palliative Terminal Care Funding and regulations of specific PC settings | Point in Code of Medical Ethics: obligation for care for patient with incurable diseases and the possibility of resign from intensive care at the end stage of incurable diseases. | 1030/2006 Royal Decree, on September 15 defines the fundamental principles to guarantee the availability and equal access to PC |