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Death and dying are inevitable. The quality and accessibility of this care will affect all of us. The needs of people of all ages who are living with dying, death and bereavement, their families, carers and communities, must be addressed, taking into account their priorities, preferences and wishes.
Leading change The Registered Nurse at BrendonCare, a registered charity dedicated to improving the quality of life for older people, led a programme to improve awareness, understanding and use of advanced care plans with residents in the home. The programme has resulted in improved experiences for staff, residents and their families. Where to look The […]
The Ambitions framework was developed by a partnership of national organisations across the statutory and voluntary sectors. It sets out our vision to improve end of life care through partnership and collaborative action between organisations at local level throughout England. Ambition 1 – Each person is seen as an individual Ambition 2 – Each person […]
Dying well wherever you are and whatever your background or circumstances are fundamental aspects of human dignity. As part of a compassionate humane society, we need to do everything we can to make sure that people who are facing their last months, weeks and days of life receive the best possible palliative and end of […]
Personalised care means people have choice and control over the way their care is planned and delivered, based on ‘what matters’ to them and their individual strengths and needs. This happens within a system that supports people to stay well for longer and makes the most of the expertise, capacity and potential of people, families and […]
Palliative and end of life care affects us all, at all ages; the living, the dying and the bereaved. More than half a million people are expected to die each year, and many live with a life expectancy of less than a year at any one time. This is set to increase with a growing […]
Winners of an HSJ Award for Compassionate Patient Care, Warrington Clinical Commissioning Group’s Personal Health Budget Implementation Manager reflects on the positive impact that personalising end of life care is having on people’s experience, and its potential to reduce demand on other, more costly services: Since coming away from the HSJ Awards there has been […]
After Warrington CCG won the HSJ 2017 Compassionate Patient Care Award for its work to improve end of life care with Personal Health Budgets, NHS England’s Director of Personalised Care celebrates the progress being made around the country to give people the opportunity to shape the support they receive: I always remember my grandmother telling […]
Case study summary NHS Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group commissioned the role of Dementia Support Workers to provide specialist evidence-based advice, development sessions and support to care home staff across Walsall. Their role is to actively promote best practice approaches to dementia and end of life care. They work with care home staff, residents and their […]
This guidance document provide resources and tips for commissioners, service providers and health and social care staff providing, or delivering care to people with a learning disability at the end of their lives.
NHS England is taking an ambitious and transformative approach to palliative and end of life care (PEoLC) to support the delivery of sustainable, responsive, personalised palliative and end of life care for all, irrespective of age, area, condition or setting. This is being delivered within a robust national governance framework that is reflected at a […]