With GPs in short supply and an NHS overrun, many advanced care planning conversations aren’t happening early enough, leading to a perfect storm of poor end of life outcomes for patients. Dr Mark Luciani describes how he suffered burnout and moral injury but has returned with an innovative solution.

From losing his father aged ten, to his time as England’s first Children’s Commissioner, the plight of hidden mourners and the role religions could play in destigmatising death - Sir Al Aynsley Green makes a passionate plea for change.