COMMENT

60 was 73 per cent in this country and 42 per cent for New Zealand. Just 17 per cent were over 80 years in New Zealand against 32 per cent in Scotland. This could be down to New Zealand having a younger population, but figures will increase dramatically as populations increase and people are living longer with multiple conditions.

Professor David Clark, Wellcome Trust Investigator and expert in end of life care at the University of Glasgow, said that hospitals needed to do

“There needs to be discussions around what people’s expectations are and the kind of care they would like to have”

PROF DAVID CLARK