Dying in Poverty: Exploring poverty at the end of life in the UK

In the UK, people diagnosed with a terminal illness face financial hardship. That's why Marie Curie commissioned research into poverty at the end of life from Loughborough University. The research reveals for the first time not just how many people die in poverty, but who they are and why this is happening. This report reveals not only the scale of poverty at the end of life in the UK, but for the first time exposes exactly how terminal illness and poverty interact. Among people of all age groups and demographics, and in every part of the UK, being at the end of life is associated with a substantial increase in the risk of poverty compared to the general population.