The majority of people with a terminal illness wish to die at home. Only one in five do so.

The Marie Curie Delivering Choice Programme helps local providers and commissioners of care to develop the best possible local services for palliative care patients, regardless of diagnosis, so that they are cared for in the place of their choice.

The programme has funded and managed seven projects across the UK - in Lincolnshire, Leeds, Tayside (Scotland), Barnet (north London), south-east London, Somerset and Northumberland, Tyne and Wear.

In addition, more localities are also adopting the Delivering Choice Programme methodology independently by using our programme toolkit and consultancy service. They include Tower Hamlets; Great Yarmouth and Waveney; Norfolk; Heart of Birmingham; Worcestershire; Cambridgeshire; Peterborough; Suffolk; West Essex; Barnsley; and Westminster.