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The care given to people dying in hospital is "deeply concerning", according to doctors who have carried out a review of standards in England.
The audit found only a fifth of hospitals provided specialist end-of-life care seven days a week - 10 years after this was recommended.
Communication was also particularly poor, the joint Royal College of Physicians and Marie Curie review said.
More than 500,000 people die each year in England - half of them in hospital.
The review looked at the care given to more than 6,500 people who had died last year in 149 hospitals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27406258
The audit found only a fifth of hospitals provided specialist end-of-life care seven days a week - 10 years after this was recommended.
Communication was also particularly poor, the joint Royal College of Physicians and Marie Curie review said.
More than 500,000 people die each year in England - half of them in hospital.
The review looked at the care given to more than 6,500 people who had died last year in 149 hospitals.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-27406258