Dr. Siobh?n N? Bhriain:

On psychotherapy for people undergoing palliative care, psychological support is a very important part of what all of us clinicians should be doing. With that support for people who are at end of life, we often liaise with palliative care colleagues. I am a consultant in psychiatry for older people. I would frequently bring palliative care colleagues in to support and help me with the end-of-life care for my patients, but I would expect that my team would do most of the psychological support. Equally, I would support a palliative care team. It is very hard to say specifically about psychotherapy but more that it should be part of what we do as part of our palliative care delivery. I was involved in the development of the policy and that is very much part of the policy that we as healthcare workers should be able to deliver. Again, general practitioners would also be very skilled at this.