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Who provides palliative care ? Palliative care is provided by GPs , district nurses , hospital doctors and nurses as part of their normal care of patients . They can arrange access to specialist palliative care for those with more complex problems . Specialist Palliative Care Services : Hospices and NHS Specialist Palliative Care Units provide in-patient , day-care and home-care services staffed by a team whose specialist training enables them to help people with particularly complex problems . Hospitals may have a specialist palliative care team or palliative care support nurse . Macmillan nurses provide advice and support both to hospitals and to people at home . Marie Curie community nurses provide nursing care to patients at home . The following pages have more information on particular services around Scotland . All Palliative Care Services by Map / NHS Board Region