The National End of Life Care Coalition (NEoLCC) represents people and organisations who provide support related to death, dying, care giving and bereavement.

Around 95% of the support people receive at the end-of-life comes from their social networks, communities and civic institutions. Though essential, clinical services, who provide a fraction of the care and support to people who need it are disproportionately represented in discussions about how best to meet our society's needs. 

The NEoLCC was created to give a voice to the millions of people all around the UK who provide the essential, underappreciated and often invisible support and services that go in to end-of-life care. 

Defining end-of-life care

Millions of people are currently supporting someone in the last years of their life. This may be through a life-limiting illness, ongoing medical conditions or old age. 

Though we tend to think of end-of-life care as a short-term prognosis, the reality is many people will be dealing with medical conditions which mean the last phase of life lasts for years, which will require help and support for a longer period of time. 

Media contact: Martyn James: martyncjames@gmail.com