A shared the most common regret she hears from patients whilst they are on their deathbed.

American nurse Julie McFadden revealed the that thing she hears the most from those who are is that they wish they apperciated their when they had it.

Speaking to podcaster Rob Moore, Ms Mcadden who has seen hundreds of patients in their last moments said: "The main thing people say, that I don't hear a lot of people mention, is 'I wish I would have appreciated my health'."

She continued by saying that not taking your health for granted until it is too late is something that many people do, adding that she also does it too.

In order to tackle falling into that trap she said that every night she writes a "gratitude list" which includes things like her ability to see and walk, reports.

She said: "I like the fact that I can breathe, I'm walking around, I can feel the sunshine - little things like that.

"I think the biggest thing I hear from people [who are] dying is that they wish they could have appreciated how well they felt before."

The nurse who has worked for 16 years in intensive care and in hopsices has released a book about the process of dying and is campaigning for better preparation.

She also highlights that death is a natural process and should not be feared.

However she was critical of that do not fund palliative care services.

She said: "Generally speaking it helps to have money to die well which I think is really unfortunate," noting that this often leads to financial burderns for poorer families who have to balance working and caring for a dying loved one.

"If you're working class and you have just make enough to survive here [America], you don't make enough money to stop working and take care of a dying loved one. So you have to pay someone to do that, and that's really really expensive," she added.

In the UK, hospice services are free, funded by the NHS or charities, however there have been warnings of the sector facing financial problems.

According to , a few months ago hospice representative group Hospice UK warned that the sector was facing a £60 million deficit.