Matthew Reed: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief Executive of Marie Curie
- Quoted on
- Palliative & end of life care, Adult social care & reform
- Tracked press citations
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“For far too many people today, experiences of the end of life are marked not by care and dignity, but by avoidable pain, poverty, and significant uncertainty around where to turn for help. Our recent research identifies that nearly one in three dying people have unmet palliative care needs.”
What Matthew Reed has said
“For far too many people today, experiences of the end of life are marked not by care and dignity, but by avoidable pain, poverty, and significant uncertainty around where to turn for help.”
Chief Executive of Marie Curie · Palliative & end of life care · 29 Sept 2026 · Assisted dying ‘unsanctionable’ due to fears of poor end-of-life care, hospice chief says ↗
“Major funding issues, workforce shortages, a postcode lottery for access to services, huge gaps in out of hours care and an aging population – palliative and end of life care in the UK is in crisis.”
Chief Executive of Marie Curie · Adult social care & reform · 8 Sept 2026 · Assisted Dying: Kim Leadbeater confirms support for Marie Curie amendment ↗
“The mark of a civilised society is how we look after the most vulnerable. There's no reason why in an advanced economy we can't get this right. End-of-life care is not a surprise – we're all going to need it one day. We should be planning as a society for how we get that right for people”
chief executive of Marie Curie · Palliative & end of life care · 27 Aug 2026 · Father dies by euthanasia after hospice care denied twice, daughter says ↗
Where Matthew Reed has been quoted
- Assisted dying ‘unsanctionable’ due to fears of poor end-of-life care, hospice chief saysuk.news.yahoo.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Assisted dying ‘unsanctionable’ due to fears of poor end-of-life care, hospice chief saysindependent.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- Assisted Dying: Kim Leadbeater confirms support for Marie Curie amendmentcarehomeprofessional.com · 8 Sept 2026
- Father dies by euthanasia after hospice care denied twice, daughter sayscatholicherald.co.uk · 27 Aug 2026
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