That the Parliament considers poverty and fuel poverty at the end of life as a significant and ongoing challenge for people across Scotland; notes the forthcoming publication of Marie Curie's latest report on poverty at the end of life in Scotland, produced in partnership with Loughborough University; welcomes ongoing efforts to better understand poverty and financial insecurity at the end of life; understands that living with a terminal illness can increase household costs while reducing income from employment for dying people and unpaid carers; notes the impact that poverty and fuel poverty can have on wellbeing, care and choice at the end of life; considers that no-one should face financial insecurity at the end of life; believes that, while there is no single solution to ending deaths in poverty or fuel poverty, there is a need for urgent action; notes calls for continued momentum across government and public services to target support for people at the end of life and their carers, and further notes the calls for the Scottish Government to take action to prevent people across Scotland, includingin the Glasgow region, from dying in end of life poverty.
Supported by: Martyn Day