SINGAPORE - The number of people receiving community palliative care in Singapore increased by 30 per cent over the past five years, with about 8,800 terminally ill people receiving such care in 2022. This was announced in Parliament by Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Health Rahayu Mahzam on Tuesday (May 9), as she spoke of the Government’s efforts to enhance end-of-life...
Singapore will be expanding palliative care services and reviewing its financing frameworks to improve access to such care.SINGAPORE - The number of people receiving community palliative care in Singapore increased by 30 per cent over the past five years, with about 8,800 terminally ill people receiving such care in 2022.
Hence, the Republic will be expanding such services and reviewing its financing frameworks to improve access to palliative care. In her adjournment motion on enhancing the end of life with choices and dignity, Ms Ng said that while a 2014 Lien Foundation survey found that 77 per cent of Singaporeans wanted to die at home, only 30 per cent did. The latter figure rose to 39 per cent in 2022.
Family doctors could be included in line with the Healthier SG initiative, allowing more people the choice to “end our walk” in the world “with dignity, peace and comfort”, Ms Ng said. Mr Yip asked how palliative care could be kept affordable, noting that healthcare costs “can be a huge burden on families, especially when dealing with end-of-life care”.
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