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Consortium including Lancaster's IOELC has been awarded €2,911,593 of European Commission funding

Story Published: December 2012

Professor Sheila Payne, Dr Nancy Preston and Anthony Greenwood (DHR) from the International Observatory on End of Life Care are part of a consortium which has been awarded European Commission funding (€2,911.593) under the Framework Programme 7.

'InSup-C: Patient-centered integrated palliative care in advanced cancer and chronic disease' aims to investigate the use of integrated care pathways in 6 European countries and make recommendations for their effectiveness to improve palliative care in cancer and chronic disease. The consortium involves 11 partners from 8 European countries and the USA, representing a number of disciplines and professions, and includes the World Health Organisation. InSup-C was launched on the 1st November 2012 and will run for four years.

Edited by: N.Thomason