A recent episode of the award-winning podcast 'You, Me and the Big C' on BBC Radio 5 Live discussed palliative care, and the options available. Deborah James is a presenter of the podcast, and has stage 4 bowel cancer. Although hospices had been discussed, Deborah, like so many people, thought that hospices were simply where people spent the final days.

BBC Breakfast followed Deborah on a visit to Royal Trinity Hospice in London, where she met CEO Dallas Pounds and some of the people being supported and cared by the hospice.