People 'dying in pain due to end-of-life care gaps'

People are living their final days "isolated, in pain and struggling to make ends meet" due to gaps in end-of-life care, a leading charity has said.

Marie Curie said one in five hospital beds in Wales were occupied by people in the last year of their lives and "bold, radical" action was needed for services which were at "breaking point".

One family said they had to fight to ensure their 85-year-old father could die peacefully at home rather than in a hospital ward.

The Welsh government said it provided more than £16m a year to ensure people had access to the best possible end-of-life care.